diff --git a/log4j-mongodb/pom.xml b/log4j-mongodb/pom.xml
index ae414d6cdd9..ff08f481ff4 100644
--- a/log4j-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <Fragment-Host>org.apache.logging.log4j.core</Fragment-Host>
 
     <!-- Dependency properties -->
-    <mongodb.version>5.5.1</mongodb.version>
+    <mongodb.version>5.6.1</mongodb.version>
     <slf4j2.version>2.0.17</slf4j2.version>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_org_mongodb_bson.xml b/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_org_mongodb_bson.xml
index 816779228a4..d2ba258e87e 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_org_mongodb_bson.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_org_mongodb_bson.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="3720" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3720"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.mongodb:bson` to version `5.5.1`</description>
+  <issue id="3970" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3970"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.mongodb:bson` to version `5.6.1`</description>
 </entry>