diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
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@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.
 ### External Contributions
 
 *   [#3631](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3631): \[java] Fixed False positive for UselessStringValueOf when there is no initial String to append to - [John Armgardt](https://github.com/johnra2)
+*   [#3688](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3688): \[java] Bump log4j to 2.16.0 - [Sergey Nuyanzin](https://github.com/snuyanzin)
 
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