Version 2.17.0-7.0.dev

Merge commit '423055d5267c9a1e7b449e2f6da56715d0d42338' into 'dev'
diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
index a01ba5f..1c51070 100644
--- a/tools/VERSION
+++ b/tools/VERSION
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 #  * Making cherry-picks to stable channel
 #     - increase PATCH by 1
 #
-CHANNEL be
+CHANNEL dev
 MAJOR 2
 MINOR 17
 PATCH 0
-PRERELEASE 0
-PRERELEASE_PATCH 0
+PRERELEASE 7
+PRERELEASE_PATCH 0
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