decouple from CORD guide

Change-Id: I9187b72a95721b2620f65ccf4b581a11d8de8125
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a0b09d3..5473cf8 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.1.25
+2.1.26-dev