diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a81505b..1e83242 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
     <vdr.url>https://logging.apache.org/cyclonedx/vdr.xml</vdr.url>
 
     <!-- dependency versions -->
-    <org.eclipse.jgit.version>7.0.0.202409031743-r</org.eclipse.jgit.version>
+    <org.eclipse.jgit.version>7.1.0.202411261347-r</org.eclipse.jgit.version>
     <!-- These are annotation with a retention of CLASS. They can be freely upgraded. -->
     <node.version>21.7.1</node.version>
     <npm.version>10.5.0</npm.version>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.11.x.x/update_org_eclipse_jgit_org_eclipse_jgit.xml b/src/changelog/.11.x.x/update_org_eclipse_jgit_org_eclipse_jgit.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e08beb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.11.x.x/update_org_eclipse_jgit_org_eclipse_jgit.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="296" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-parent/pull/296"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit` to version `7.1.0.202411261347-r`</description>
+</entry>