diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index a9bd7dea61..a807d12ce1 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -966,6 +966,8 @@ Release 2.7.2 - UNRELEASED
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
 
+    HADOOP-12232. Upgrade Tomcat dependency to 6.0.44. (cnauroth)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index e010de1e4f..d56342044c 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     <curator.version>2.7.1</curator.version>
     <findbugs.version>3.0.0</findbugs.version>
 
-    <tomcat.version>6.0.41</tomcat.version>
+    <tomcat.version>6.0.44</tomcat.version>
 
     <!-- define the Java language version used by the compiler -->
     <javac.version>1.7</javac.version>