diff --git a/hbase-common/src/saveVersion.sh b/hbase-common/src/saveVersion.sh
index 507bbb02000..181d009abfb 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/saveVersion.sh
+++ b/hbase-common/src/saveVersion.sh
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ if [ -z "${revision}" ]; then
   revision="Unknown"
   url="file://$cwd"
 fi
-if ! [  -x "$(command -v md5sum)" ]; then
-  if ! [ -x "$(command -v md5)" ]; then
+if ! [  -x "$(command -v openssl)" ]; then
+  if ! [ -x "$(command -v gpg)" ]; then
     srcChecksum="Unknown"
   else
-    srcChecksum=`find hbase-*/src/main/ | grep -e "\.java" -e "\.proto" | LC_ALL=C sort | xargs md5 | md5 | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
+    srcChecksum=`find hbase-*/src/main/ | grep -e "\.java" -e "\.proto" | LC_ALL=C sort | xargs gpg --print-md sha512 | gpg --print-md sha512 | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
   fi
 else
-  srcChecksum=`find hbase-*/src/main/ | grep -e "\.java" -e "\.proto" | LC_ALL=C sort | xargs md5sum | md5sum | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
+  srcChecksum=`find hbase-*/src/main/ | grep -e "\.java" -e "\.proto" | LC_ALL=C sort | xargs openssl dgst -sha512 | openssl dgst -sha512 | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
 fi
 popd
 
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/jamon/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tmpl/master/MasterStatusTmpl.jamon b/hbase-server/src/main/jamon/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tmpl/master/MasterStatusTmpl.jamon
index 06fe2c94994..1062856d9d5 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/jamon/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tmpl/master/MasterStatusTmpl.jamon
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/jamon/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tmpl/master/MasterStatusTmpl.jamon
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ AssignmentManager assignmentManager = master.getAssignmentManager();
                 <tr>
                     <td>HBase Source Checksum</td>
                     <td><% org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.VersionInfo.getSrcChecksum() %></td>
-                    <td>HBase source MD5 checksum</td>
+                    <td>HBase source SHA512 checksum</td>
                 </tr>
                 <tr>
                     <td>Hadoop Version</td>
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/jamon/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tmpl/regionserver/RSStatusTmpl.jamon b/hbase-server/src/main/jamon/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tmpl/regionserver/RSStatusTmpl.jamon
index 94fcecf3080..2496b5d1622 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/jamon/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tmpl/regionserver/RSStatusTmpl.jamon
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/jamon/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tmpl/regionserver/RSStatusTmpl.jamon
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.MasterAddressTracker;
         <tr>
             <td>HBase Source Checksum</td>
             <td><% org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.VersionInfo.getSrcChecksum() %></td>
-            <td>HBase source MD5 checksum</td>
+            <td>HBase source SHA512 checksum</td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
             <td>Hadoop Version</td>