diff --git a/log4j-layout-template-json-fuzz-test/pom.xml b/log4j-layout-template-json-fuzz-test/pom.xml
index 7590f205abf..73c97823ee5 100644
--- a/log4j-layout-template-json-fuzz-test/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-layout-template-json-fuzz-test/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <sign.skip>true</sign.skip>
 
     <!-- dependency versions -->
-    <json.version>20250107</json.version>
+    <json.version>20250517</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 5c36ea8ac50..72ef0051f84 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="3373" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3373"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.json:json` to version `20250107`</description>
+  <issue id="3673" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3673"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.json:json` to version `20250517`</description>
 </entry>