diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f780e125c7..c45395ba47 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Bumps `com.github.jk1.dependency-license-report` from 2.8 to 2.9
 - Bumps `org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5` from 5.4 to 5.4.1
 - Bumps `org.apache.httpcomponents.core5:httpcore5` from 5.3 to 5.3.1
+- Bump `io.github.classgraph:classgraph` from 4.8.177 to 4.8.179 ([#1301](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-java/pull/1301))
 
 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 6c7d21a299..0f835d20f2 100644
--- a/java-client/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/java-client/build.gradle.kts
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("org.eclipse", "yasson", "2.0.2")
 
     // https://github.com/classgraph/classgraph
-    testImplementation("io.github.classgraph:classgraph:4.8.177")
+    testImplementation("io.github.classgraph:classgraph:4.8.179")
 
     // Eclipse 1.0
     testImplementation("junit", "junit" , "4.13.2") {