diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index ef38f0467402..93b9125da8bb 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 5.0
+ * Upgrade maven-shade-plugin to 3.4.1 to fix shaded dtest JAR build (CASSANDRA-18136)
  * Upgrade to Opcodes.ASM9 (CASSANDRA-17971)
  * Add MaxSSTableSize and MaxSSTableDuration metrics and propagate them together with local read/write ratio to tablestats (CASSANDRA-18283)
  * Add more logging around CompactionManager operations (CASSANDRA-18268)
diff --git a/relocate-dependencies.pom b/relocate-dependencies.pom
index 07728dd405ae..96d8d16ee9da 100644
--- a/relocate-dependencies.pom
+++ b/relocate-dependencies.pom
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.1</version>
+                <version>3.4.1</version>
 
                 <configuration>
                     <createSourcesJar>false</createSourcesJar>