diff --git a/log4j-converter-plugin-descriptor/pom.xml b/log4j-converter-plugin-descriptor/pom.xml
index 74d8e5d..239960b 100644
--- a/log4j-converter-plugin-descriptor/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-converter-plugin-descriptor/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <Main-Class>org.apache.logging.log4j.converter.plugins.PluginCacheConverter</Main-Class>
 
     <!-- Dependency versions -->
-    <jackson.version>2.18.0</jackson.version>
+    <jackson.version>2.18.1</jackson.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_com_fasterxml_jackson_core_jackson_core.xml b/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_com_fasterxml_jackson_core_jackson_core.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce12cfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_com_fasterxml_jackson_core_jackson_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="141" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-transform/pull/141"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core` to version `2.18.1`</description>
+</entry>