diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 8d23cf192ff..b5ce1e64016 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ Release 2.7.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-11321. copyToLocal cannot save a file to an SMB share unless the user
     has Full Control permissions. (cnauroth)
 
+    HADOOP-11420. Use latest maven-site-plugin and replace link to svn with
+    link to git. (Herve Boutemy via wheat9)
+
 Release 2.6.0 - 2014-11-18
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-project/src/site/site.xml b/hadoop-project/src/site/site.xml
index b0bc6a84139..3daf43faaad 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/src/site/site.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/src/site/site.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   <body>
     <links position="left">
       <item name="Wiki" href="http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop" />
-      <item name="SVN" href="https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/" />
+      <item name="git" href="https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop.git" />
     </links>
 
     <breadcrumbs position="left">
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a74d5450727..8dc377a911b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -152,18 +152,13 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xs
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.3</version>
+          <version>3.4</version>
           <dependencies>
             <dependency><!-- add support for ssh/scp -->
               <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
               <artifactId>wagon-ssh</artifactId>
               <version>1.0</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency> <!-- add support for markdown -->
-              <groupId>org.apache.maven.doxia</groupId>
-              <artifactId>doxia-module-markdown</artifactId>
-              <version>1.3</version>
-            </dependency>
           </dependencies>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
@@ -223,7 +218,6 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xs
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>attach-descriptor</id>
