diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 72f73e37dce..c17d1997ab7 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ Release 2.1.1-beta - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-9557. hadoop-client excludes commons-httpclient. (Lohit Vijayarenu via
     cnauroth)
 
+    HADOOP-9935. set junit dependency to test scope. (André Kelpe via cnauroth)
+
 Release 2.1.0-beta - 2013-08-22
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 60ecb1d6c83..9fa7f28163d 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@
         <groupId>junit</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
         <version>4.10</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
@@ -603,6 +604,7 @@
         <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
         <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
         <version>1.8.5</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>