SEBA-513 Validation of xproto

Change-Id: I300e86c3b7b6839aa12d726d6bdf9ab59adece94
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 23a63f5..a6333e4 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.2.8
+2.2.9