diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 55847de..71cc689 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 - Bump CLI from v3.3.0 to v3.8.2 ([#294](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-maven-plugin/pull/294))
   - [changelog](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cli/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#382)
   - [diff](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cli/compare/3.3.0...3.8.2)
+- Bump Sentry SDK from v8.34.1 to v8.61.1 ([#295](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-maven-plugin/pull/295))
+  - [changelog](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#8611)
+  - [diff](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/compare/8.34.1...8.61.1)
 
 ## 0.11.0
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/sentry-sdk.properties b/src/main/resources/sentry-sdk.properties
index a0f2825..b9651a3 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/sentry-sdk.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/sentry-sdk.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sdk_version = 8.34.1
+sdk_version = 8.61.1