diff --git a/log4j-parent/pom.xml b/log4j-parent/pom.xml
index fe51139b8c6..315c6597693 100644
--- a/log4j-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-parent/pom.xml
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
          of dependencies (requireUpperBoundDeps rule).
          ===================================================== -->
     <asm.version>9.6</asm.version>
-    <byte-buddy.version>1.15.11</byte-buddy.version>
+    <byte-buddy.version>1.16.1</byte-buddy.version>
     <commons-pool2.version>2.12.0</commons-pool2.version>
     <httpclient.version>4.5.14</httpclient.version>
     <httpcore.version>4.4.16</httpcore.version>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_net_bytebuddy_byte_buddy.xml b/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_net_bytebuddy_byte_buddy.xml
index 5ddc5613d3f..274dd30c372 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_net_bytebuddy_byte_buddy.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_net_bytebuddy_byte_buddy.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="3293" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3293"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy` to version `1.15.11`</description>
+  <issue id="3402" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3402"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy` to version `1.16.1`</description>
 </entry>