diff --git a/log4j-parent/pom.xml b/log4j-parent/pom.xml
index 957c1ef8bf3..d276e4a6178 100644
--- a/log4j-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-parent/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     <cassandra.version>3.11.16</cassandra.version>
     <cassandra-driver.version>3.11.5</cassandra-driver.version>
     <commons-codec.version>1.16.1</commons-codec.version>
-    <commons-compress.version>1.25.0</commons-compress.version>
+    <commons-compress.version>1.26.0</commons-compress.version>
     <commons-csv.version>1.10.0</commons-csv.version>
     <commons-dbcp2.version>2.11.0</commons-dbcp2.version>
     <commons-io.version>2.15.1</commons-io.version>
@@ -118,12 +118,12 @@
     <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
     <junit-jupiter.version>5.10.2</junit-jupiter.version>
     <junit-pioneer.version>1.9.1</junit-pioneer.version>
-    <kafka.version>3.6.1</kafka.version>
+    <kafka.version>3.7.0</kafka.version>
     <kubernetes-client.version>5.12.4</kubernetes-client.version>
     <lightcouch.version>0.2.0</lightcouch.version>
     <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
     <log4j2-cachefile-transformer.version>2.15.0</log4j2-cachefile-transformer.version>
-    <log4j2-ecs-layout.version>1.5.0</log4j2-ecs-layout.version>
+    <log4j2-ecs-layout.version>1.6.0</log4j2-ecs-layout.version>
     <logback.version>1.3.14</logback.version>
     <maven.version>3.9.6</maven.version>
     <mockito.version>4.11.0</mockito.version>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_co_elastic_logging_log4j2_ecs_layout.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_co_elastic_logging_log4j2_ecs_layout.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da8a4887158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_co_elastic_logging_log4j2_ecs_layout.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-0.1.3.xsd"
+       type="updated">
+  <issue id="2301" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2301"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `co.elastic.logging:log4j2-ecs-layout` to version `1.6.0`</description>
+</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_apache_commons_commons_compress.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_apache_commons_commons_compress.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8a37d6b8379
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_apache_commons_commons_compress.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-0.1.3.xsd"
+       type="updated">
+  <issue id="2304" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2304"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.apache.commons:commons-compress` to version `1.26.0`</description>
+</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_apache_kafka_kafka_clients.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_apache_kafka_kafka_clients.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..74bdba25dd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_apache_kafka_kafka_clients.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-0.1.3.xsd"
+       type="updated">
+  <issue id="2326" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2326"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients` to version `3.7.0`</description>
+</entry>
diff --git a/src/site/_release-notes/_2.x.x.adoc b/src/site/_release-notes/_2.x.x.adoc
index b7e55ec0c3a..d0138e216b0 100644
--- a/src/site/_release-notes/_2.x.x.adoc
+++ b/src/site/_release-notes/_2.x.x.adoc
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ This releases contains ...
 === Updated
 
 * Update `co.elastic.clients:elasticsearch-java` to version `8.12.2` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2315[2315])
+* Update `co.elastic.logging:log4j2-ecs-layout` to version `1.6.0` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2301[2301])
 * Update `com.github.tomakehurst:wiremock-jre8` to version `2.35.2` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2306[2306])
 * Update `github/codeql-action` to version `3.24.5` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2317[2317])
 * Update `io.fabric8:docker-maven-plugin` to version `0.44.0` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2299[2299])
+* Update `org.apache.commons:commons-compress` to version `1.26.0` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2304[2304])
+* Update `org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients` to version `3.7.0` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2326[2326])