diff --git a/log4j-tools-parent/pom.xml b/log4j-tools-parent/pom.xml
index 0a2630d..95c46c2 100644
--- a/log4j-tools-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-tools-parent/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <jakarta.inject.version>1.0.5</jakarta.inject.version>
     <junit.version>5.10.2</junit.version>
     <modello.version>2.1.2</modello.version>
-    <xmlunit.version>2.9.1</xmlunit.version>
+    <xmlunit.version>2.10.0</xmlunit.version>
 
     <!-- Maven plugin versions -->
     <maven-plugin.version>3.12.0</maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_org_xmlunit_xmlunit_assertj3.xml b/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_org_xmlunit_xmlunit_assertj3.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b5cd1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_org_xmlunit_xmlunit_assertj3.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="116" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-tools/pull/116"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.xmlunit:xmlunit-assertj3` to version `2.10.0`</description>
+</entry>