diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8f4622930e..f3a10a5a53 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - 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
+- Bumps `org.hamcrest:hamcrest` from 2.1 to 2.2
 
 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.
 
@@ -257,4 +258,4 @@ This section is for maintaining a changelog for all breaking changes for the cli
 [2.5.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-java/compare/v2.4.0...v2.5.0
 [2.4.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-java/compare/v2.3.0...v2.4.0
 [2.3.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-java/compare/v2.2.0...v2.3.0
-[2.2.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-java/compare/v2.1.0...v2.2.0
+[2.2.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-java/compare/v2.1.0...v2.2.0
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diff --git a/java-client/build.gradle.kts b/java-client/build.gradle.kts
index d0b8b1389f..6be21f5950 100644
--- a/java-client/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/java-client/build.gradle.kts
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     // Apache 2.0
     compileOnly("org.opensearch.client", "opensearch-rest-client", opensearchVersion)
-    testImplementation("org.hamcrest:hamcrest:2.1")
+    testImplementation("org.hamcrest:hamcrest:2.2")
     testImplementation("com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting:randomizedtesting-runner:2.8.1") {
         exclude(group = "junit")
     }