diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index c8db404e03..338f3816d9 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -993,6 +993,18 @@ Release 2.0.0-alpha - 05-23-2012
     HADOOP-8655. Fix TextInputFormat for large deliminators. (Gelesh via
     bobby) 
 
+Release 0.23.5 - UNRELEASED
+
+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
+
+  NEW FEATURES
+
+  IMPROVEMENTS
+
+  OPTIMIZATIONS
+
+  BUG FIXES
+
 Release 0.23.4 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
@@ -1010,7 +1022,7 @@ Release 0.23.4 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-8843. Old trash directories are never deleted on upgrade
     from 1.x (jlowe)
 
-Release 0.23.3 - UNRELEASED
+Release 0.23.3
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 931dea0874..b99158541b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1639,6 +1639,18 @@ Release 2.0.0-alpha - 05-23-2012
     
     HDFS-3039. Address findbugs and javadoc warnings on branch. (todd via atm)
 
+Release 0.23.5 - UNRELEASED
+
+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
+
+  NEW FEATURES
+
+  IMPROVEMENTS
+
+  OPTIMIZATIONS
+
+  BUG FIXES
+
 Release 0.23.4 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
@@ -1654,7 +1666,7 @@ Release 0.23.4 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-3831. Failure to renew tokens due to test-sources left in classpath
     (jlowe via bobby)
 
-Release 0.23.3 - UNRELEASED
+Release 0.23.3
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 9e98ac96e1..53cdfc29f0 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -532,6 +532,18 @@ Release 2.0.0-alpha - 05-23-2012
     MAPREDUCE-4444. nodemanager fails to start when one of the local-dirs is
     bad (Jason Lowe via bobby)
 
+Release 0.23.5 - UNRELEASED
+
+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
+
+  NEW FEATURES
+
+  IMPROVEMENTS
+
+  OPTIMIZATIONS
+
+  BUG FIXES
+
 Release 0.23.4 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
@@ -561,7 +573,7 @@ Release 0.23.4 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-4689. JobClient.getMapTaskReports on failed job results in NPE
     (jlowe via bobby)
 
-Release 0.23.3 - UNRELEASED
+Release 0.23.3
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 31c92b8cee..c55db5a785 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Hadoop MapReduce Change Log
+Hadoop YARN Change Log
 
 Trunk - Unreleased 
 
@@ -91,6 +91,18 @@ Release 2.0.2-alpha - 2012-09-07
     MAPREDUCE-2374. "Text File Busy" errors launching MR tasks. (Andy Isaacson
     via atm)
 
+Release 0.23.5 - UNRELEASED
+
+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
+
+  NEW FEATURES
+
+  IMPROVEMENTS
+
+  OPTIMIZATIONS
+
+  BUG FIXES
+
 Release 0.23.4 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
@@ -114,7 +126,7 @@ Release 0.23.4 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-106. Nodemanager needs to set permissions of local directories (jlowe
     via bobby)
 
-Release 0.23.3 - Unreleased 
+Release 0.23.3
 
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