diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 79e3888fa642509a182f1f66dd5f310f8a84e0b8..1cd336c95d0de00f748786b9bb8f9c6994ed6647 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ GEM
     babosa (1.0.2)
     base32 (0.3.2)
     batch-loader (1.2.1)
-    bcrypt (3.1.11)
+    bcrypt (3.1.12)
     bcrypt_pbkdf (1.0.0)
     benchmark-ips (2.3.0)
     better_errors (2.1.1)
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/update-bcrypt-to-support-libxcrypt.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/update-bcrypt-to-support-libxcrypt.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c18a0f75d2213ed4a8ba8454de8921c8c2cc4ca9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/update-bcrypt-to-support-libxcrypt.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: update bcrypt to also support libxcrypt
+merge_request: 20260
+author: muhammadn
+type: other