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index c3a40cb839c..11651066d9c 100644
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--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
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 Hadoop Change Log
 
+Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
+
+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
+
+  NEW FEATURES
+
+  IMPROVEMENTS
+
+  OPTIMIZATIONS
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   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
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 Hadoop HDFS Change Log
 
+Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
+
+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
+
+  NEW FEATURES
+
+  IMPROVEMENTS
+
+  OPTIMIZATIONS
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+  BUG FIXES 
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   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
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 Hadoop MapReduce Change Log
 
+Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
+
+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
+
+  NEW FEATURES
+
+  IMPROVEMENTS
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+  OPTIMIZATIONS
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+  BUG FIXES 
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   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
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   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
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index c9e8256c4ab..0c69e3b58fd 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-examples/pom.xml
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   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-examples</artifactId>
-  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
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   <description>Apache Hadoop MapReduce Examples</description>
   <name>Apache Hadoop MapReduce Examples</name>
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diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
index 93a2ebdb23b..36ec5cd8ac7 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
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   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>hadoop-mapreduce</name>
   <url>http://hadoop.apache.org/mapreduce/</url>
diff --git a/hadoop-maven-plugins/pom.xml b/hadoop-maven-plugins/pom.xml
index 27d60140ef4..3c8ce688203 100644
--- a/hadoop-maven-plugins/pom.xml
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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
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diff --git a/hadoop-minicluster/pom.xml b/hadoop-minicluster/pom.xml
index 4512c779223..01634c902c0 100644
--- a/hadoop-minicluster/pom.xml
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@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
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-  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
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   <description>Apache Hadoop Mini-Cluster</description>
diff --git a/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml b/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
index 8713caad3a1..8a6c2ba5121 100644
--- a/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
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@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
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   <description>Apache Hadoop Project Dist POM</description>
   <name>Apache Hadoop Project Dist POM</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 80ecc54ab09..5d3d27824a7 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
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   <description>Apache Hadoop Project POM</description>
   <name>Apache Hadoop Project POM</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-archives/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-archives/pom.xml
index 2ca3d15f13e..63ca529d1cb 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-archives/pom.xml
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@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
   <parent>
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diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-datajoin/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-datajoin/pom.xml
index 01e92308ab9..5ba9353a4d2 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-datajoin/pom.xml
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   <name>Apache Hadoop Data Join</name>
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diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/pom.xml
index 4e3a6baea28..bb11fabc5f8 100644
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   <description>Apache Hadoop Distributed Copy</description>
   <name>Apache Hadoop Distributed Copy</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-extras/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-extras/pom.xml
index 916438567a9..35b8a3c03ea 100644
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   <name>Apache Hadoop Extras</name>
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diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-gridmix/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-gridmix/pom.xml
index 604d7c648e2..fd0e7414213 100644
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diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-openstack/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-openstack/pom.xml
index e5ecf9ab1c2..ccd91f5ea39 100644
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     This module contains code to support integration with OpenStack.
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index 8eea7079f8c..d991f463874 100644
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index 7c5000c01ed..4f60c8b7930 100644
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diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/pom.xml
index 5ff6e6c4673..1d04f3fae1e 100644
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diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-streaming/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-streaming/pom.xml
index 1456477f31e..81bd0b0c1e5 100644
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index 320e5c22a3c..5c9f2fdf4e4 100644
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diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index db9332f42bc..b706a3df3db 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
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 Hadoop YARN Change Log
 
+Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
+
+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
+
+  NEW FEATURES
+
+  IMPROVEMENTS
+
+  OPTIMIZATIONS
+
+  BUG FIXES 
+
 Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
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index e2ddd1885af..8c6af905b1f 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml
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index 4fd3e8e8bba..7b97e5204fc 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml
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@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
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index c1944ea1d2c..4c8307c6eb3 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-unmanaged-am-launcher/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-unmanaged-am-launcher/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
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   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-applications-unmanaged-am-launcher</artifactId>
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   <name>hadoop-yarn-applications-unmanaged-am-launcher</name>
 
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diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/pom.xml
index 21cddd68745..a363c713330 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
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   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-applications</artifactId>
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index fd938bbf7d8..2e3f1ff8eef 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/pom.xml
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@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
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   <name>hadoop-yarn-client</name>
 
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diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
index 57173b264b4..0f8054c1a55 100644
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   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
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   <name>hadoop-yarn-common</name>
 
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diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml
index b8f43eca7e6..9bed9f26c92 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml
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@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice</artifactId>
-  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/pom.xml
index c01aa56bb5d..1e8be2fae06 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-common</artifactId>
-  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-server-common</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml
index 8257c551d6b..ecfe754afcc 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager</artifactId>
-  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
index 96316aae2c5..5ca47b03a8a 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager</artifactId>
-  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/pom.xml
index 3f24872373f..c12f2e6c330 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/pom.xml
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-tests</artifactId>
-  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-server-tests</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/pom.xml
index 4b1984f8b28..66aa07be41b 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy</artifactId>
-  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/pom.xml
index b22fbfffe21..a827a1d07f5 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server</artifactId>
-  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-server</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/pom.xml
index e3d57d9ab94..8dbf7a988f5 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-site</artifactId>
-  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-site</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
index a93d55864a2..c297919835a 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
     <artifactId>hadoop-project</artifactId>
-    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../hadoop-project</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn</artifactId>
-  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>hadoop-yarn</name>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/pom.xml
index 4f40324580f..d25a742449e 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/pom.xml
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
     <artifactId>hadoop-project</artifactId>
-    <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hadoop-project</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-project</artifactId>
-  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-project</name>
   <url>http://hadoop.apache.org/yarn/</url>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ae9ac416896..4d9d2ddf25d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xs
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-main</artifactId>
-  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Apache Hadoop Main</description>
   <name>Apache Hadoop Main</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>