diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
index 67b26a046..6d170b998 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Release 4.4-BETA2
+-------------------
+
+* Update Apache Commons Logging version from 1.1.3 to 1.2. 
+  Contributed by Gary Gregory <ggregory at apache.org>
+
+
 Release 4.4 BETA1
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 89231458a..e55ce991a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>1.6</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>
     <httpcore.version>4.4-beta1</httpcore.version>
-    <commons-logging.version>1.1.3</commons-logging.version>
+    <commons-logging.version>1.2</commons-logging.version>
     <commons-codec.version>1.6</commons-codec.version>
     <ehcache.version>2.2.0</ehcache.version>
     <memcached.version>2.6</memcached.version>