diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 243465ea936..821657137f0 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
     HADOOP-7320. Refactor the copy and move commands to conform to new
     FsCommand class. (Daryn Sharp via todd)
 
+    HADOOP-7312. Update value of hadoop.common.configuration.version.
+    (Harsh J Chouraria via todd)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/src/java/core-default.xml b/src/java/core-default.xml
index 1c79b6615fc..a76c27efdc6 100644
--- a/src/java/core-default.xml
+++ b/src/java/core-default.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 <property>
   <name>hadoop.common.configuration.version</name>
-  <value>0.21.0</value>
+  <value>0.23.0</value>
   <description>version of this configuration file</description>
 </property>