diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 219f6ec1ade..80fb999eaf5 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -940,6 +940,18 @@ Release 2.0.0-alpha - 05-23-2012
     HADOOP-8655. Fix TextInputFormat for large deliminators. (Gelesh via
     bobby) 
 
+Release 0.23.7 - UNRELEASED
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+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
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@@ -967,7 +979,7 @@ Release 0.23.6 - UNRELEASED
 
     HADOOP-9097. Maven RAT plugin is not checking all source files (tgraves)
 
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diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index af93e845cd5..a6f5c36a184 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1981,6 +1981,18 @@ Release 2.0.0-alpha - 05-23-2012
     
     HDFS-3039. Address findbugs and javadoc warnings on branch. (todd via atm)
 
+Release 0.23.7 - UNRELEASED
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@@ -2000,7 +2012,7 @@ Release 0.23.6 - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-4385. Maven RAT plugin is not checking all source files (tgraves)
 
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diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 8f95ad59552..c3eb7ce6cb4 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -478,6 +478,18 @@ Release 2.0.0-alpha - 05-23-2012
     MAPREDUCE-4444. nodemanager fails to start when one of the local-dirs is
     bad (Jason Lowe via bobby)
 
+Release 0.23.7 - UNRELEASED
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@@ -551,7 +563,7 @@ Release 0.23.6 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-4925. The pentomino option parser may be buggy.
     (Karthik Kambatla via harsh)
 
-Release 0.23.5 - UNRELEASED
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diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 3f281e5bb9a..d8a9657aec6 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -235,6 +235,18 @@ Release 2.0.2-alpha - 2012-09-07
     YARN-138. Ensure default values for minimum/maximum container sizes is
     sane. (harsh & sseth via acmurthy)
 
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@@ -292,7 +304,7 @@ Release 0.23.6 - UNRELEASED
 
     YARN-334. Maven RAT plugin is not checking all source files (tgraves)
 
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