diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8193538e882..af78c5c02a4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
     <artifactId>commons-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>70</version>
+    <version>71</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 6cded5923c3..42f844449d9 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
       <action dev="ggregory" type="update"             due-to="Dependabot">Bump tests commons.bytebuddy.version from 1.14.13 to 1.14.17 #615, #621, #631, #635.</action>
       <action dev="ggregory" type="update"             due-to="Dependabot">Bump tests commons-codec:commons-codec from 1.16.1 to 1.17.0.</action>
       <action dev="ggregory" type="update"             due-to="Dependabot">Bump org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin from 3.2.0 to 3.3.0 #632.</action>
-      <action dev="ggregory" type="update"             due-to="Dependabot">Bump org.apache.commons:commons-parent from 69 to 70 #628.</action> 
+      <action dev="ggregory" type="update"             due-to="Dependabot">Bump org.apache.commons:commons-parent from 69 to 71 #628, #637.</action>
     </release>
     <release version="2.16.1" date="2024-04-04" description="Java 8 is required.">
       <!-- FIX -->