diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 94331a9433..59cfe70b06 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1753,7 +1753,19 @@ Release 2.0.0-alpha - 05-23-2012
     HADOOP-8655. Fix TextInputFormat for large deliminators. (Gelesh via
     bobby) 
 
-Release 0.23.8 - UNRELEASED
+Release 0.23.9 - UNRELEASED
+
+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
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+  NEW FEATURES
+    
+  IMPROVEMENTS
+    
+  OPTIMIZATIONS
+
+  BUG FIXES
+
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@@ -1780,7 +1792,7 @@ Release 0.23.8 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-9614. smart-test-patch.sh hangs for new version of patch (2.7.1)
     (Ravi Prakash via jeagles)
 
-Release 0.23.7 - UNRELEASED
+Release 0.23.7 - 2013-04-18
 
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@@ -1820,7 +1832,7 @@ Release 0.23.7 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-9339. IPC.Server incorrectly sets UGI auth type (Daryn Sharp via 
     kihwal)
 
-Release 0.23.6 - UNRELEASED
+Release 0.23.6 - 2013-02-06
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 22a12cb2bc..05325fb0d6 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -3096,7 +3096,19 @@ Release 2.0.0-alpha - 05-23-2012
     
     HDFS-3039. Address findbugs and javadoc warnings on branch. (todd via atm)
 
-Release 0.23.8 - UNRELEASED
+Release 0.23.9 - UNRELEASED
+
+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
+
+  NEW FEATURES
+    
+  IMPROVEMENTS
+    
+  OPTIMIZATIONS
+
+  BUG FIXES
+
+Release 0.23.8 - 2013-06-05
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
@@ -3124,7 +3136,7 @@ Release 0.23.8 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-4807. createSocketForPipeline() should not include timeout extension
     on connect. (Cristina L. Abad via kihwal)
 
-Release 0.23.7 - UNRELEASED
+Release 0.23.7 - 2013-04-18
 
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@@ -3172,7 +3184,7 @@ Release 0.23.7 - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-4548. Webhdfs doesn't renegotiate SPNEGO token (daryn via kihwal)
 
-Release 0.23.6 - UNRELEASED
+Release 0.23.6 - 2013-02-06
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 1c486c17a2..32bcc3daf2 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ Release 0.23.9 - UNRELEASED
 
   BUG FIXES
 
-Release 0.23.8 - UNRELEASED
+Release 0.23.8 - 2013-06-05
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ Release 0.23.8 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-4927. Historyserver 500 error due to NPE when accessing specific
     counters page for failed job. (Ashwin Shankar via jlowe)
 
-Release 0.23.7 - UNRELEASED
+Release 0.23.7 - 2013-04-18
 
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@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ Release 0.23.7 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-5137. AM web UI: clicking on Map Task results in 500 error
     (Thomas Graves via jlowe)
 
-Release 0.23.6 - UNRELEASED
+Release 0.23.6 - 2013-02-06
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index a88f6e7585..c6a3503f80 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -782,7 +782,19 @@ Release 2.0.2-alpha - 2012-09-07
     YARN-138. Ensure default values for minimum/maximum container sizes is
     sane. (harsh & sseth via acmurthy)
 
-Release 0.23.8 - UNRELEASED
+Release 0.23.9 - UNRELEASED
+
+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
+
+  NEW FEATURES
+    
+  IMPROVEMENTS
+    
+  OPTIMIZATIONS
+
+  BUG FIXES
+
+Release 0.23.8 - 2013-06-05
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
@@ -802,7 +814,7 @@ Release 0.23.8 - UNRELEASED
 
     YARN-690. RM exits on token cancel/renew problems (daryn via bobby)
 
-Release 0.23.7 - UNRELEASED
+Release 0.23.7 - 2013-04-18
 
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@@ -869,7 +881,7 @@ Release 0.23.7 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-460. CS user left in list of active users for the queue even when 
     application finished (tgraves)
 
-Release 0.23.6 - UNRELEASED
+Release 0.23.6 - 2013-02-06
 
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