diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 40819857..2fee9e0e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -681,7 +681,6 @@ clusters.each { name ->
             if (securityEnabled) {
                 plugin(provider(securityPluginOld))
                 cliSetup("opensearch-security/install_demo_configuration.sh", "-y")
-
             }
             // Currently fetching the ARCHIVE distribution fails on mac as it tries to fetch the Mac specific "DARWIN" distribution
             // for Opensearch which is not publish yet. Changing this to INTEG_TEST to make it work on mac.
diff --git a/release-notes/opensearch-cross-cluster-replication.release-notes-2.12.0.0.md b/release-notes/opensearch-cross-cluster-replication.release-notes-2.12.0.0.md
index e8d5c2d1..19a391a5 100644
--- a/release-notes/opensearch-cross-cluster-replication.release-notes-2.12.0.0.md
+++ b/release-notes/opensearch-cross-cluster-replication.release-notes-2.12.0.0.md
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ Compatible with OpenSearch 2.12.0
 * Implement getSystemIndexDescriptors to support SystemIndex for replication plugin ([#1290](https://github.com/opensearch-project/cross-cluster-replication/pull/1290))
 * Correct error message including what fields are missing when field are not passed when starting replication ([#1292](https://github.com/opensearch-project/cross-cluster-replication/pull/1292))
 * Ignoring all the final settings to copy from leader to follower as those settings won't be able to apply as those are not updatable ([#1304](https://github.com/opensearch-project/cross-cluster-replication/pull/1304))
+
+## Maintenance
+* Updates integTest behavior to accept the version and set the password accordingly, removes admin:admin references and force HTTP1 policy for local clusters([#1298](https://github.com/opensearch-project/cross-cluster-replication/pull/1298))([#1318](https://github.com/opensearch-project/cross-cluster-replication/pull/1318))