diff --git a/changes/2825.misc.rst b/changes/2825.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fecb8be7d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/2825.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Updated tox from 4.18.0 to 4.18.1 in /core.
diff --git a/core/pyproject.toml b/core/pyproject.toml
index 44e2567063..9401869c5d 100644
--- a/core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/core/pyproject.toml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ dev = [
     "pytest-asyncio == 0.24.0",
     "pytest-freezer == 0.4.8",
     "setuptools-scm == 8.1.0",
-    "tox == 4.18.0",
+    "tox == 4.18.1",
     # typing-extensions needed for TypeAlias added in Py 3.10
     "typing-extensions == 4.9.0 ; python_version < '3.10'",
 ]