diff --git a/log4j-parent/pom.xml b/log4j-parent/pom.xml
index 1f1b6a75759..b9f9a018613 100644
--- a/log4j-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-parent/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     <commons-codec.version>1.18.0</commons-codec.version>
     <commons-csv.version>1.14.0</commons-csv.version>
     <commons-dbcp2.version>2.13.0</commons-dbcp2.version>
-    <commons-io.version>2.19.0</commons-io.version>
+    <commons-io.version>2.20.0</commons-io.version>
     <commons-lang3.version>3.17.0</commons-lang3.version>
     <disruptor.version>4.0.0</disruptor.version>
     <embedded-ldap.version>0.9.0</embedded-ldap.version>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_commons_io_commons_io.xml b/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_commons_io_commons_io.xml
index 3ac49309f40..378a8aeec23 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_commons_io_commons_io.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_commons_io_commons_io.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="3222" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3222"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `commons-io:commons-io` to version `2.18.0`</description>
+  <issue id="3843" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3843"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `commons-io:commons-io` to version `2.20.0`</description>
 </entry>