diff --git a/log4j-parent/pom.xml b/log4j-parent/pom.xml
index 9a7b5aa2c87..0c61594ab39 100644
--- a/log4j-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-parent/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <!-- =====================================================
          Direct dependency version properties (in alphabetical order)
          ===================================================== -->
-    <activemq.version>6.1.7</activemq.version>
+    <activemq.version>6.2.6</activemq.version>
     <angus-activation.version>2.0.2</angus-activation.version>
     <angus-mail.version>2.0.3</angus-mail.version>
     <assertj.version>3.27.3</assertj.version>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org.apache.activemq_activemq-broker.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org.apache.activemq_activemq-broker.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fd53d89025a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org.apache.activemq_activemq-broker.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       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="4178" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/4178"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker` to version `6.2.6`</description>
+</entry>