diff --git a/changelog.html b/changelog.html
index 7e4dc7d23f8810f707ac31ae4093938603591bbb..9428738fe57d59615870ff11c4d8ca7625d493bc 100644
--- a/changelog.html
+++ b/changelog.html
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ Upcoming changes</a>
 <!-- Record your changes in the trunk here. -->
 <div id="trunk" style="display:none"><!--=TRUNK-BEGIN=-->
 <ul class=image>
+  <li class=bug>
+    JENKINS_HOME can be now on UNC path (like \\server\mount\dir)
+    (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-9615">issue 9615</a>)
   <li class=bug>
     Deleting deeply nested directories could fail on Windows in Java 6.
     (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-15418">issue 15418</a>)
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 7b49cf7be20c24757b1aeedef56d36301d356450..51e17caa5da48c3ee9487fa13083f5ec7edcfdb6 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 
   <properties>
     <staplerFork>true</staplerFork>
-    <stapler.version>1.198</stapler.version>
+    <stapler.version>1.199</stapler.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>