diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
index 7931f1a..6fe3729 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Release 4.4-BETA2
+-------------------
+
+* Update Apache Commons Logging version from 1.1.3 to 1.2. 
+  Contributed by Gary Gregory <ggregory at apache.org>
+
+
 Release 4.1 BETA1
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8e97ba4..5d3eb64 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>
     <httpcore.version>4.4-beta1</httpcore.version>
     <httpclient.version>4.4-beta1</httpclient.version>
-    <commons-logging.version>1.1.3</commons-logging.version>
+    <commons-logging.version>1.2</commons-logging.version>
     <commons-io.version>2.4</commons-io.version>
     <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
     <easymock.version>2.5.2</easymock.version>