diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index f9ca751a431..2aabaa917c4 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -631,6 +631,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
HADOOP-12449. TestDNS and TestNetUtils failing if no network. (stevel)
+ HADOOP-11515. Upgrade jsch lib to jsch-0.1.51 to avoid problems running
+ on java7. (stevel and ozawa)
+
OPTIMIZATIONS
HADOOP-12051. ProtobufRpcEngine.invoke() should use Exception.toString()
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index dbb254486ba..2f430d5be85 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@
com.jcraft
jsch
- 0.1.42
+ 0.1.51
org.apache.htrace