diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 04290d1..dac7669 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@
     * [BIGTOP-2276] - Zeppeling added war_tempdir location, which needs to be set
     * [BIGTOP-2281] - Add HIVE-12875 to Bigtop
     * [BIGTOP-2288] - Hadoop time-server fails to start 
+    * [BIGTOP-2299] - test resources are breaking rat
 
 ** Improvement
     * [BIGTOP-1126] - Add Hama to Bigtop
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/release-notes.xml b/src/site/xdoc/release-notes.xml
index be3a0bf..fc3456b 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/release-notes.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/release-notes.xml
@@ -216,7 +216,9 @@
   <li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BIGTOP-2276'>BIGTOP-2276</a>] - Zeppeling added war_tempdir location, which needs to be set</li>
   <li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BIGTOP-2281'>BIGTOP-2281</a>] - Add HIVE-12875 to Bigtop</li>
   <li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BIGTOP-2288'>BIGTOP-2288</a>] - Hadoop time-server fails to start </li>
+  <li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BIGTOP-2299'>BIGTOP-2299</a>] - test resources are breaking rat</li>
 </ul>
+
           <h2>Improvement</h2>
 <ul>
   <li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BIGTOP-1126'>BIGTOP-1126</a>] - Add Hama to Bigtop</li>