diff --git a/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml b/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml
index 50b5926..a429da4 100644
--- a/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <jmh.version>1.37</jmh.version>
     <junit.version>5.10.1</junit.version>
     <log4j2.version>2.20.0</log4j2.version>
-    <maven.version>3.9.4</maven.version>
+    <maven.version>3.9.6</maven.version>
     <plexus-utils.version>4.0.0</plexus-utils.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.9</slf4j.version>
 
diff --git a/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_org_apache_maven_maven_core.xml b/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_org_apache_maven_maven_core.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aeebc9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_org_apache_maven_maven_core.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-0.1.2.xsd"
+       type="changed">
+  <issue id="65" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-transform/pull/65"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.apache.maven:maven-core` to version `3.9.6`</description>
+</entry>
diff --git a/src/site/_release-notes/_0.x.x.adoc b/src/site/_release-notes/_0.x.x.adoc
index d411c43..49f2e37 100644
--- a/src/site/_release-notes/_0.x.x.adoc
+++ b/src/site/_release-notes/_0.x.x.adoc
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ This is the second release of the project.
 ==== Changed
 
 * Migrated `logging-parent` to version `10.2.0` and adopted its CI and `pom.xml` infrastructure
+* Update `org.apache.maven:maven-core` to version `3.9.6` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-transform/pull/65[65])
 * Update `org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-shade-plugin` to version `3.5.1` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-transform/pull/64[64])
 * Update `org.junit:junit-bom` to version `5.10.1` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-transform/pull/63[63])
 * Update `org.ow2.asm:asm-bom` to version `9.6`