diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 99552d9d785..133e8fa07c2 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     HADOOP-10171. TestRPC fails intermittently on jkd7 (Mit Desai via jeagles)
 
+    HADOOP-10147  HDFS-5678 Upgrade to commons-logging 1.1.3 to avoid potential
+    deadlock in MiniDFSCluster (stevel)
+
 Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 68be3f8d42f..797c4064e0a 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-        <version>1.1.1</version>
+        <version>1.1.3</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>avalon-framework</groupId>