diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cb1ddf6a8d..2c2144b3aa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
     <artifactId>commons-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>59</version>
+    <version>61</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 1b2fbe4550..6fb2ea7bc2 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
       Bump codecov/codecov-action from 2 to 3 #297.
     </action>
     <action dev="ggregory" type="update" due-to="Gary Gregory, Dependabot">
-      Bump Apache commons-parent from 48 to 59, #339.
+      Bump Apache commons-parent from 48 to 61, #339.
     </action>
     <action dev="ggregory" type="update" due-to="Gary Gregory">
       Bump Jacoco from 0.8.4 to 0.8.8.