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diff --git a/docs/changes/2.x/2.0.0.md b/docs/changes/2.x/2.0.0.md
index 6105dc4e25..d5565c76f7 100644
--- a/docs/changes/2.x/2.0.0.md
+++ b/docs/changes/2.x/2.0.0.md
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
 - Bump dompdf/dompdf from 2.0.3 to 2.0.4 by [@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in [#2530](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/pull/2530)
 - Bump phpunit/phpunit from 9.6.13 to 9.6.14 by [@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in [#2519](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/pull/2519)
 - Bump mpdf/mpdf from 8.2.0 to 8.2.2 by [@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in [#2518](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/pull/2518)
+- Bump phpmd/phpmd from 2.14.1 to 2.15.0 by [@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in [#2538](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/pull/2538)
 
 ### BC Breaks