diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 472375aecd..cd38da37b6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  * Improve native protocol serialization (CASSANDRA-5664)
  * Upgrade Thrift to 0.9.1 (CASSANDRA-5923)
 Merged from 1.2:
+ * Upgrade metrics-core to version 2.2.0 (CASSANDRA-5947)
+ * Add snitch, schema version, cluster, partitioner to JMX (CASSANDRA-5881)
  * Fix CqlRecordWriter with composite keys (CASSANDRA-5949)
  * Add snitch, schema version, cluster, partitioner to JMX (CASSANDRA-5881)
  * Allow disabling SlabAllocator (CASSANDRA-5935)
diff --git a/lib/licenses/metrics-core-2.0.3.txt b/lib/licenses/metrics-core-2.2.0.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/licenses/metrics-core-2.0.3.txt
rename to lib/licenses/metrics-core-2.2.0.txt
diff --git a/lib/metrics-core-2.0.3.jar b/lib/metrics-core-2.2.0.jar
similarity index 57%
rename from lib/metrics-core-2.0.3.jar
rename to lib/metrics-core-2.2.0.jar
index 729e6e8e52..0f6d1cb0ec 100644
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