diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 9d59c25428..f3c341c723 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1213,6 +1213,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     HADOOP-12449. TestDNS and TestNetUtils failing if no network. (stevel)
 
+    HADOOP-11515. Upgrade jsch lib to jsch-0.1.51 to avoid problems running
+    on java7. (stevel and ozawa)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HADOOP-12051. ProtobufRpcEngine.invoke() should use Exception.toString()
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index a62e45bd9e..9724b18225 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.jcraft</groupId>
         <artifactId>jsch</artifactId>
-        <version>0.1.42</version>
+        <version>0.1.51</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.htrace</groupId>