diff --git a/log4j-perf-test/pom.xml b/log4j-perf-test/pom.xml
index a871fbb2297..0fed2e3aecc 100644
--- a/log4j-perf-test/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-perf-test/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
     <!-- Dependency versions -->
     <reload4j.version>1.2.26</reload4j.version>
-    <log4j2-ecs-layout.version>1.6.0</log4j2-ecs-layout.version>
+    <log4j2-ecs-layout.version>1.7.0</log4j2-ecs-layout.version>
     <logback.version>1.5.18</logback.version>
     <slf4j2.version>2.0.17</slf4j2.version>
   </properties>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_co_elastic_logging_log4j2_ecs_layout.xml b/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_co_elastic_logging_log4j2_ecs_layout.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5dd1fa9f516
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.3.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="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="3608" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3608"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `co.elastic.logging:log4j2-ecs-layout` to version `1.7.0`</description>
+</entry>