diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 673202a241..46bc5b3730 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Bumps `org.apache.httpcomponents.core5:httpcore5-h2` from 5.2.3 to 5.2.4
 - Bumps `org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5` from 5.2.1 to 5.2.3
 - Bumps `org.apache.httpcomponents.core5:httpcore5` from 5.2.3 to 5.2.4
+- Bumps `com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting:randomizedtesting-runner` from 2.7.1 to 2.8.1
 
 This section is for maintaining a changelog for all breaking changes for the client that cannot be released in the 2.x line. All other non-breaking changes should be added to [Unreleased 2.x] section.
 
diff --git a/java-client/build.gradle.kts b/java-client/build.gradle.kts
index 59c574ea62..d0b8b1389f 100644
--- a/java-client/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/java-client/build.gradle.kts
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ dependencies {
     // Apache 2.0
     compileOnly("org.opensearch.client", "opensearch-rest-client", opensearchVersion)
     testImplementation("org.hamcrest:hamcrest:2.1")
-    testImplementation("com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting:randomizedtesting-runner:2.7.1") {
+    testImplementation("com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting:randomizedtesting-runner:2.8.1") {
         exclude(group = "junit")
     }
     testImplementation("org.opensearch.client", "opensearch-rest-client", opensearchVersion)