diff --git a/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml b/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml
index 65b7600..7d68f37 100644
--- a/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <junit.version>5.10.2</junit.version>
     <log4j2.version>2.23.1</log4j2.version>
     <maven.version>3.9.6</maven.version>
-    <plexus-utils.version>4.0.0</plexus-utils.version>
+    <plexus-utils.version>4.0.1</plexus-utils.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.13</slf4j.version>
 
     <!-- plugin versions -->
diff --git a/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_org_codehaus_plexus_plexus_utils.xml b/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_org_codehaus_plexus_plexus_utils.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af04c94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_org_codehaus_plexus_plexus_utils.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.3.xsd"
+       type="updated">
+  <issue id="98" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-transform/pull/98"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils` to version `4.0.1`</description>
+</entry>
diff --git a/src/site/_release-notes/_0.x.x.adoc b/src/site/_release-notes/_0.x.x.adoc
index 9497947..04afca1 100644
--- a/src/site/_release-notes/_0.x.x.adoc
+++ b/src/site/_release-notes/_0.x.x.adoc
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ This is the second release of the project.
 * Update `org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-invoker-plugin` to version `3.6.1` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-transform/pull/94[94])
 * Update `org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-shade-plugin` to version `3.5.2` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-transform/pull/85[85])
 * Update `org.assertj:assertj-core` to version `3.25.3` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-transform/pull/83[83])
+* Update `org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils` to version `4.0.1` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-transform/pull/98[98])
 * Update `org.jacoco:jacoco-maven-plugin` to version `0.8.12` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-transform/pull/95[95])
 * Update `org.junit:junit-bom` to version `5.10.2` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-transform/pull/82[82])
 * Update `org.ow2.asm:asm-bom` to version `9.7` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-transform/pull/89[89])