memory leak tests prevent zero values timing improvement

Change-Id: Ib62ee5d4db2e2d0b74300c0db86d1395f21aeb7c
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ccc99d0..56beced 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.12.3
+2.12.4