diff --git a/changelog.html b/changelog.html
index 5d9e9a0e4c..b4e4b58d6e 100644
--- a/changelog.html
+++ b/changelog.html
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ Upcoming changes</a>
   <li class=bug>
     <code>IllegalStateException</code> from Winstone when making certain requests with access logging enabled.
     (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-37625">issue 37625</a>)
+  <li class=bug>
+    Failure to serialize a single <code>Action</code> could cause an entire REST export response to fail.
+    Upgraded to Stapler <code>1.249</code> with a fix.
+    (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-40088">issue 40088</a>)
 </ul>
 <h3><a name=v2.41>What's new in 2.41</a> (2017/01/15)</h3>
 <ul class=image>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 70e15b5f47..47891ece9d 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 
   <properties>
     <staplerFork>true</staplerFork>
-    <stapler.version>1.248</stapler.version>
+    <stapler.version>1.250</stapler.version>
     <spring.version>2.5.6.SEC03</spring.version>
     <groovy.version>2.4.7</groovy.version>
     <!-- TODO: Actually many issues are being filtered by src/findbugs/findbugs-excludes.xml -->