diff --git a/log4j-parent/pom.xml b/log4j-parent/pom.xml
index 64c99dd769d..f31bd07a0aa 100644
--- a/log4j-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-parent/pom.xml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
     <pax-exam.version>4.13.5</pax-exam.version>
     <plexus-utils.version>3.5.1</plexus-utils.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.10</slf4j.version>
-    <system-stubs.version>2.1.5</system-stubs.version>
+    <system-stubs.version>2.1.6</system-stubs.version>
     <tomcat-juli.version>10.1.18</tomcat-juli.version>
     <velocity.version>1.7</velocity.version>
     <wiremock.version>2.35.1</wiremock.version>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_uk_org_webcompere_system_stubs_core.xml b/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_uk_org_webcompere_system_stubs_core.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf89be99404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_uk_org_webcompere_system_stubs_core.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.3.xsd"
+       type="updated">
+  <issue id="2196" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2196"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `uk.org.webcompere:system-stubs-core` to version `2.1.6`</description>
+</entry>
diff --git a/src/site/_release-notes/_3.x.x.adoc b/src/site/_release-notes/_3.x.x.adoc
index bdabf881a1d..3890b1ddd5e 100644
--- a/src/site/_release-notes/_3.x.x.adoc
+++ b/src/site/_release-notes/_3.x.x.adoc
@@ -64,3 +64,4 @@ This release contains...
 * Update `org.assertj:assertj-core` to version `3.25.1` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2152[2152])
 * Update `org.slf4j:slf4j-api` to version `2.0.10` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2136[2136])
 * Update `org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-dependencies` to version `3.2.1` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2123[2123])
+* Update `uk.org.webcompere:system-stubs-core` to version `2.1.6` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2196[2196])