diff --git a/log4j-docgen/pom.xml b/log4j-docgen/pom.xml
index 77ca81f..ea3e7f0 100644
--- a/log4j-docgen/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-docgen/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
     <!-- Dependency versions -->
     <!-- We explicitly test against Log4j 2 -->
-    <log4j-core.version>2.24.3</log4j-core.version>
+    <log4j-core.version>2.25.0</log4j-core.version>
     <log4j-plugins.version>3.0.0-beta3</log4j-plugins.version>
 
   </properties>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_org_apache_logging_log4j_log4j_core.xml b/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_org_apache_logging_log4j_log4j_core.xml
index 8ba529f..d1ed4ef 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_org_apache_logging_log4j_log4j_core.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_org_apache_logging_log4j_log4j_core.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
        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="160" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-tools/pull/160"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core` to version `2.24.3`</description>
+  <issue id="202" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-tools/pull/202"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core` to version `2.25.0`</description>
 </entry>