diff --git a/log4j-parent/pom.xml b/log4j-parent/pom.xml
index 6328ac4c9b0..65afad4649f 100644
--- a/log4j-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-parent/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     <activemq.version>6.1.7</activemq.version>
     <angus-activation.version>2.0.2</angus-activation.version>
     <angus-mail.version>2.0.3</angus-mail.version>
-    <assertj.version>3.27.3</assertj.version>
+    <assertj.version>3.27.6</assertj.version>
     <awaitility.version>4.3.0</awaitility.version>
     <bsh.version>2.0b6</bsh.version>
     <bnd.annotation.version>7.1.0</bnd.annotation.version>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_assertj_assertj_core.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_assertj_assertj_core.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82a3d17a0a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_assertj_assertj_core.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xmlns="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns/log4j-changelog-0.xsd"
+       type="updated">
+  <issue id="3974" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3974"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.assertj:assertj-core` to version `3.27.6`</description>
+</entry>