diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index a9c99aedd5..d325e598ad 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -683,6 +683,8 @@ Release 0.23.3 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-8288. Remove references of mapred.child.ulimit etc. since they are
     not being used any more (Ravi Prakash via bobby)
 
+    HADOOP-8535. Cut hadoop build times in half (Job Eagles via bobby)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index ace8f75f99..a44923b870 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.3.2</version>
+          <version>2.5.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <source>1.6</source>
             <target>1.6</target>