diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index adc925792e..ec11d208c7 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -801,6 +801,9 @@ Release 0.23.0 - 2011-11-01
     HADOOP-7798. Add support gpg signatures for maven release artifacts.
     (cutting via acmurthy) 
 
+    HADOOP-7797. Fix top-level pom.xml to refer to correct staging maven
+    repository. (omalley via acmurthy) 
+
 Release 0.22.0 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 735b3def94..23b9d69157 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
   <distributionManagement>
     <repository>
-      <id>apache.releases.https</id>
+      <id>apache.staging.https</id>
       <name>Apache Release Distribution Repository</name>
       <url>https://repository.apache.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2</url>
     </repository>