diff --git a/.build/parent-pom-template.xml b/.build/parent-pom-template.xml
index bfb79251a4..4edd92e65c 100644
--- a/.build/parent-pom-template.xml
+++ b/.build/parent-pom-template.xml
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.github.luben</groupId>
         <artifactId>zstd-jni</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-4</version>
+        <version>1.5.4-1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index c68fb66807..1b90fee599 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ Merged from 4.1:
  * Streaming progress virtual table lock contention can trigger TCP_USER_TIMEOUT and fail streaming (CASSANDRA-18110)
  * Fix perpetual load of denylist on read in cases where denylist can never be loaded (CASSANDRA-18116)
 Merged from 4.0:
+ * Update zstd-jni to version 1.5.4-1 (CASSANDRA-18259)
  * Split and order IDEA workspace template VM_PARAMETERS (CASSANDRA-18242)
  * Log warning message on aggregation queries without key or on multiple keys (CASSANDRA-18219)
  * Fix the output of FQL dump tool to properly separate entries (CASSANDRA-18215)