diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index e2a6846883c..f0400bcda85 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Release 2.7.2 - UNRELEASED
 
   BUG FIXES
 
-Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
+Release 2.7.1 - 2015-07-06 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index d4444d3fa58..094ec24a59c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Release 2.7.2 - UNRELEASED
 
   BUG FIXES
 
-Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
+Release 2.7.1 - 2015-07-06 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index e44624b5e0b..93dab779c91 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Release 2.7.2 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-6425. ShuffleHandler passes wrong "base" parameter to getMapOutputInfo
     if mapId is not in the cache. (zhihai xu via devaraj)
 
-Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
+Release 2.7.1 - 2015-07-06 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index d5ecf965a84..50c4b45599f 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Release 2.7.2 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-3508. Prevent processing preemption events on the main RM dispatcher. 
     (Varun Saxena via wangda)
 
-Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
+Release 2.7.1 - 2015-07-06 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES