diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index dc8ff00703a..f2222a7813d 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -367,7 +367,22 @@ Release 2.0.5-beta - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-9553. TestAuthenticationToken fails on Windows.
     (Arpit Agarwal via suresh)
 
-Release 2.0.4-beta - UNRELEASED
+Release 2.0.4.1-alpha - UNRELEASED
+
+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
+
+  NEW FEATURES
+
+  IMPROVEMENTS
+
+  OPTIMIZATIONS
+
+  BUG FIXES
+
+  HADOOP-9407. commons-daemon 1.0.3 dependency has bad group id causing
+  build issues. (Sangjin Lee via suresh)
+
+Release 2.0.4-alpha - 2013-04-25
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index ecc1968e79c..5d0b0ac4028 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -474,7 +474,22 @@ Release 2.0.5-beta - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-4885. Streaming tests have multiple failures on Windows. (Chris
     Nauroth via bikas)
 
-Release 2.0.4-beta - UNRELEASED
+Release 2.0.4.1-alpha - UNRELEASED
+
+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
+
+  NEW FEATURES
+
+  IMPROVEMENTS
+
+  OPTIMIZATIONS
+
+  BUG FIXES
+
+  MAPREDUCE-5240 inside of FileOutputCommitter the initialized Credentials cache
+  appears to be empty. (vinodkv)
+
+Release 2.0.4-alpha - 2013-04-25
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES