diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 960629607c..5121a83d46 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ Release 2.7.3 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-12706. TestLocalFsFCStatistics#testStatisticsThreadLocalDataCleanUp
     times out occasionally (Sangjin Lee and Colin Patrick McCabe via jlowe)
 
-Release 2.7.2 - UNRELEASED
+Release 2.7.2 - 2016-01-25
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index e5285b6822..f35ae3d114 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -2690,7 +2690,7 @@ Release 2.7.3 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-9625. set replication for empty file failed when set storage policy
     (DENG FEI via vinayakumarb)
 
-Release 2.7.2 - UNRELEASED
+Release 2.7.2 - 2016-01-25
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index ba392c3a4b..8f35c6fe92 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ Release 2.7.3 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-6554. MRAppMaster servicestart failing with NPE in
     MRAppMaster#parsePreviousJobHistory (Bibin A Chundatt via jlowe)
 
-Release 2.7.2 - UNRELEASED
+Release 2.7.2 - 2016-01-25
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index e5049d9f91..41802ae853 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@ Release 2.7.3 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-4598. Invalid event: RESOURCE_FAILED at
     CONTAINER_CLEANEDUP_AFTER_KILL (tangshangwen via jlowe)
 
-Release 2.7.2 - UNRELEASED
+Release 2.7.2 - 2016-01-25
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES