SEBA-290 fix singularization of non-words

Change-Id: I27c14690a9309ee95d7a6292395b9cd3369f5a8e
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 291d0de..2f1a5aa 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.1.16
+2.1.17