diff --git a/log4j-perf-test/pom.xml b/log4j-perf-test/pom.xml
index 3298d799556..a5befbf99d3 100644
--- a/log4j-perf-test/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-perf-test/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <module.name>org.apache.logging.log4j.perf</module.name>
 
     <!-- Dependency versions -->
-    <reload4j.version>1.2.25</reload4j.version>
+    <reload4j.version>1.2.26</reload4j.version>
     <log4j2-ecs-layout.version>1.6.0</log4j2-ecs-layout.version>
     <logback.version>1.5.12</logback.version>
     <slf4j2.version>2.0.16</slf4j2.version>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_ch_qos_reload4j_reload4j.xml b/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_ch_qos_reload4j_reload4j.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f77796d37ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_ch_qos_reload4j_reload4j.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="3291" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3291"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `ch.qos.reload4j:reload4j` to version `1.2.26`</description>
+</entry>