Fixing matplotlib to 3.0.3

Change-Id: I68a8ae6b7a561608b782c13cb9c21f8d9ce2b7fb
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 85c0a6a..6ece8e7 100755
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.8.16
+2.8.17