diff --git a/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml b/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml
index 60dc768..2eb80fd 100644
--- a/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <commons-logging.version>1.3.5</commons-logging.version>
     <commons-io.version>2.18.0</commons-io.version>
     <jmh.version>1.37</jmh.version>
-    <junit.version>5.12.0</junit.version>
+    <junit.version>5.12.1</junit.version>
     <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
     <maven.version>3.9.9</maven.version>
     <picocli.version>4.7.6</picocli.version>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_org_junit_junit_bom.xml b/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_org_junit_junit_bom.xml
index 5a739ee..cc8cb7c 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_org_junit_junit_bom.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_org_junit_junit_bom.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="170" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-transform/pull/170"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.junit:junit-bom` to version `5.12.0`</description>
+  <issue id="176" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-transform/pull/176"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.junit:junit-bom` to version `5.12.1`</description>
 </entry>