diff --git a/log4j-fuzz-test/pom.xml b/log4j-fuzz-test/pom.xml
index ba7cca9ce02..132b9d4b75d 100644
--- a/log4j-fuzz-test/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-fuzz-test/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <sign.skip>true</sign.skip>
 
     <!-- dependency versions -->
-    <json.version>20240303</json.version>
+    <json.version>20241224</json.version>
 
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_json_json.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_json_json.xml
index a59737cbfb7..6e83046a35e 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_json_json.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_json_json.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="3347" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3347"/>
+  <issue id="3346" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3346"/>
   <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.json:json` to version `20241224`</description>
 </entry>