diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 161ab457fb..49a32c7234 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -334,15 +334,27 @@ Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-10326. M/R jobs can not access S3 if Kerberos is enabled. (bc Wong
     via atm)
 
-Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
+Release 2.3.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
-    HADOOP-8545. Filesystem Implementation for OpenStack Swift
-    (Dmitry Mezhensky, David Dobbins, Stevel via stevel)
+  NEW FEATURES
+
+  IMPROVEMENTS
+
+  OPTIMIZATIONS
+
+  BUG FIXES 
+
+Release 2.3.0 - 2014-02-18
+
+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
   NEW FEATURES
 
+    HADOOP-8545. Filesystem Implementation for OpenStack Swift
+    (Dmitry Mezhensky, David Dobbins, Stevel via stevel)
+
   IMPROVEMENTS
 
     HADOOP-10046. Print a log message when SSL is enabled.
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index ec44aa253f..31f790fde7 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -410,7 +410,19 @@ Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-5886. Potential null pointer deference in RpcProgramNfs3#readlink()
     (brandonli)
 
-Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
+Release 2.3.1 - UNRELEASED
+
+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
+
+  NEW FEATURES
+
+  IMPROVEMENTS
+
+  OPTIMIZATIONS
+
+  BUG FIXES 
+
+Release 2.3.0 - 2014-02-18
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 3b72f40222..e6cc6c5c65 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -159,7 +159,19 @@ Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   BUG FIXES
 
-Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
+Release 2.3.1 - UNRELEASED
+
+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
+
+  NEW FEATURES
+
+  IMPROVEMENTS
+
+  OPTIMIZATIONS
+
+  BUG FIXES 
+
+Release 2.3.0 - 2014-02-18
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index bfc8461864..6660a49ca2 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -246,7 +246,19 @@ Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-1698. Fixed default TimelineStore in code to match what is documented
     in yarn-default.xml (Zhijie Shen via vinodkv)
 
-Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
+Release 2.3.1 - UNRELEASED
+
+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
+
+  NEW FEATURES
+
+  IMPROVEMENTS
+
+  OPTIMIZATIONS
+
+  BUG FIXES 
+
+Release 2.3.0 - 2014-02-18
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES