diff --git a/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml b/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml
index b877e1d9..4ad19d2a 100644
--- a/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <assertj.version>3.27.6</assertj.version>
     <commons-lang.version>3.19.0</commons-lang.version>
     <commons-logging.version>1.3.5</commons-logging.version>
-    <commons-io.version>2.20.0</commons-io.version>
+    <commons-io.version>2.21.0</commons-io.version>
     <jmh.version>1.37</jmh.version>
     <junit.version>6.0.1</junit.version>
     <log4j.version>2.25.1</log4j.version>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_commons_io_commons_io.xml b/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_commons_io_commons_io.xml
index 72871ad8..2a3b7f93 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_commons_io_commons_io.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.0.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="210" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-transform/pull/210"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `commons-io:commons-io` to version `2.20.0`</description>
+  <issue id="236" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-transform/pull/236"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `commons-io:commons-io` to version `2.21.0`</description>
 </entry>