diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index c033f055fd..d6353a4570 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1868,6 +1868,18 @@ Release 2.7.0 - 2015-04-20
     HADOOP-11837. AuthenticationFilter should destroy SignerSecretProvider in
     Tomcat deployments. (Bowen Zhang via wheat9)
 
+Release 2.6.2 - UNRELEASED
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+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
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+  NEW FEATURES
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+  IMPROVEMENTS
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+  OPTIMIZATIONS
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+  BUG FIXES
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diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index d9d176bf1b..658788c68a 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -2355,6 +2355,18 @@ Release 2.7.0 - 2015-04-20
       HDFS-7700. Document quota support for storage types. (Xiaoyu Yao via
       Arpit Agarwal)
 
+Release 2.6.2 - UNRELEASED
+
+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
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+  NEW FEATURES
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+  IMPROVEMENTS
+
+  OPTIMIZATIONS
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+  BUG FIXES
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diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index d2eef32cc8..43d0fafb77 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -817,6 +817,18 @@ Release 2.7.0 - 2015-04-20
     MAPREDUCE-6303. Read timeout when retrying a fetch error can be fatal 
     to a reducer. (Jason Lowe via junping_du)
 
+Release 2.6.2 - UNRELEASED
+
+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
+
+  NEW FEATURES
+
+  IMPROVEMENTS
+
+  OPTIMIZATIONS
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+  BUG FIXES
+
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diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 07b6339274..2518eb5b55 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1750,6 +1750,18 @@ Release 2.7.0 - 2015-04-20
     YARN-3055. Fixed ResourceManager's DelegationTokenRenewer to not stop token
     renewal of applications part of a bigger workflow. (Daryn Sharp via vinodkv)
 
+Release 2.6.2 - UNRELEASED
+
+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
+
+  NEW FEATURES
+
+  IMPROVEMENTS
+
+  OPTIMIZATIONS
+
+  BUG FIXES
+
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