diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 7ecd4a30cac..06cb2023d1b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ Release 2.7.4 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-10763. Open files can leak permanently due to inconsistent
     lease update (kihwal)
 
+    HDFS-9745. TestSecureNNWithQJM#testSecureMode sometimes fails with
+    timeouts (Xiao Chen via jlowe)
+
 Release 2.7.3 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/TestSecureNNWithQJM.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/TestSecureNNWithQJM.java
index 1da92a18da9..bb8608411f7 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/TestSecureNNWithQJM.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/TestSecureNNWithQJM.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class TestSecureNNWithQJM {
   private MiniJournalCluster mjc;
 
   @Rule
-  public Timeout timeout = new Timeout(30000);
+  public Timeout timeout = new Timeout(180000);
 
   @BeforeClass
   public static void init() throws Exception {