diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge-dependabot.yaml b/.github/workflows/merge-dependabot.yaml
index 943f6c4..a945d94 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge-dependabot.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge-dependabot.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
   merge-dependabot:
     needs: build
-    uses: apache/logging-parent/.github/workflows/merge-dependabot-reusable.yaml@rel/12.1.0
+    uses: apache/logging-parent/.github/workflows/merge-dependabot-reusable.yaml@rel/12.1.1
     permissions:
       contents: write                                             # to push changelog commits
       pull-requests: write                                        # to close the PR
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_apache_logging_parent_github_workflows_merge_dependabot_reusable_yaml_rel_12_1_0.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_apache_logging_parent_github_workflows_merge_dependabot_reusable_yaml_rel_12_1_0.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f5b65f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_apache_logging_parent_github_workflows_merge_dependabot_reusable_yaml_rel_12_1_0.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="41" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-jmx-gui/pull/41"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `apache/logging-parent/.github/workflows/merge-dependabot-reusable.yaml@rel/12.1.0` to version `12.1.1`</description>
+</entry>