diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index f3f492176a0..c2360ecf9d1 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ Release 2.1.2 - UNRELEASED
 
     YARN-1215. Yarn URL should include userinfo. (Chuan Liu via cnauroth)
 
+    YARN-1262. TestApplicationCleanup relies on all containers assigned in a
+    single heartbeat (Karthik Kambatla via Sandy Ryza)
+
 Release 2.1.1-beta - 2013-09-23
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestApplicationCleanup.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestApplicationCleanup.java
index c6dfaa64c38..5eecae0987f 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestApplicationCleanup.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestApplicationCleanup.java
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ public class TestApplicationCleanup {
       conts = am.allocate(new ArrayList<ResourceRequest>(),
           new ArrayList<ContainerId>()).getAllocatedContainers();
       contReceived += conts.size();
+      nm1.nodeHeartbeat(true);
     }
     Assert.assertEquals(request, contReceived);
     
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ public class TestApplicationCleanup {
           new ArrayList<ContainerId>()).getAllocatedContainers();
       dispatcher.await();
       contReceived += conts.size();
+      nm1.nodeHeartbeat(true);
     }
     Assert.assertEquals(request, contReceived);