diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index ce9f26c2877..545bebe55e5 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -977,6 +977,18 @@ Release 2.7.0 - 2015-04-20
     YARN-3466. Fix RM nodes web page to sort by node HTTP-address, #containers 
     and node-label column (Jason Lowe via wangda)
 
+Release 2.6.1 - UNRELEASED
+
+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
+
+  NEW FEATURES
+
+  IMPROVEMENTS
+
+  OPTIMIZATIONS
+
+  BUG FIXES
+
 Release 2.6.0 - 2014-11-18
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES