diff --git a/changelog.html b/changelog.html
index fffbba7777d022b17e0e281b3777d2049cebd14c..c85286094732d9d8a3be6e4a4b0a7f66daa11e3a 100644
--- a/changelog.html
+++ b/changelog.html
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ Upcoming changes</a>
   <li class=bug>
     Preview function for textareas using Jenkins markup did not work when CSRF protection was enabled.
     (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-17085">issue 17085</a>)
+  <li class=rfe>
+    Improved the request handling performance (where the file lookup is expensive, such as NFS.)
+    (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-16606">issue 16606</a>)
   <li class=rfe>
     Improved the duration browsers cache static resources.
 </ul>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 7ebe506086adf90f330ea66b8402ebcc71a71343..27b25ed76d43033ce6656638e34d33fdf3e1df5b 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 
   <properties>
     <staplerFork>true</staplerFork>
-    <stapler.version>1.206</stapler.version>
+    <stapler.version>1.207</stapler.version>
     <spring.version>2.5.6.SEC03</spring.version>
   </properties>