diff --git a/dev-support/test-patch.d/shellcheck.sh b/dev-support/test-patch.d/shellcheck.sh
index 5f38b6a2582..9277ea50aa4 100755
--- a/dev-support/test-patch.d/shellcheck.sh
+++ b/dev-support/test-patch.d/shellcheck.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ function shellcheck_preapply
   start_clock
 
   # shellcheck disable=SC2016
-  SHELLCHECK_VERSION=$(shellcheck --version | ${GREP} version: | ${AWK} '{print $NF}')
+  SHELLCHECK_VERSION=$(${SHELLCHECK} --version | ${GREP} version: | ${AWK} '{print $NF}')
 
   echo "Running shellcheck against all identifiable shell scripts"
   pushd "${BASEDIR}" >/dev/null
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 48e9f7db551..1009d1a62ba 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -765,6 +765,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-12004. test-patch breaks with reexec in certain situations (Sean
     Busbey via aw)
 
+    HADOOP-12035. shellcheck plugin displays a wrong version potentially
+    (Kengo Seki via aw)
+
 Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES