[VOL-5452] Added a generic event for components

Change-Id: I251a58cd9852a5a4ab2093c428bcf8faa31607b1
Signed-off-by: Amit Ghosh <amit.ghosh@radisys.com>
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 511a76e..84cc529 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.17.1
+1.18.0