Merge pull request #2870 from nishanttotla/bump-v1.2.9

Bump version to v1.2.9

Author: dani-docker

version/version.go

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package version
 
 var (
 	// VERSION should be updated by hand at each release
-	VERSION = "1.2.8"
+	VERSION = "1.2.9"
 
 	// GITCOMMIT will be overwritten automatically by the build system
 	GITCOMMIT = "HEAD"