diff --git a/features/core-update.feature b/features/core-update.feature
index 44d0ad1e..a52bcd3b 100644
--- a/features/core-update.feature
+++ b/features/core-update.feature
@@ -30,6 +30,69 @@ Feature: Update WordPress core
       6.2
       """
 
+  @require-php-7.0
+  Scenario: Output in JSON format
+    Given a WP install
+    And I try `wp theme install twentytwenty --activate`
+
+    When I run `wp core download --version=6.6 --force`
+    Then STDOUT should not be empty
+
+    When I run `wp eval 'echo $GLOBALS["wp_version"];'`
+    Then STDOUT should be:
+      """
+      6.6
+      """
+
+    When I run `wget http://wordpress.org/wordpress-6.8.zip --quiet`
+    And I run `wp core update wordpress-6.8.zip --format=json`
+    Then STDOUT should be:
+      """
+      [{"name":"core","old_version":"6.6","new_version":"6.8","status":"Updated"}]
+      """
+
+  @require-php-7.0
+  Scenario: Output in CSV format
+    Given a WP install
+    And I try `wp theme install twentytwenty --activate`
+
+    When I run `wp core download --version=6.6 --force`
+    Then STDOUT should not be empty
+
+    When I run `wp eval 'echo $GLOBALS["wp_version"];'`
+    Then STDOUT should be:
+      """
+      6.6
+      """
+
+    When I run `wget http://wordpress.org/wordpress-6.8.zip --quiet`
+    And I run `wp core update wordpress-6.8.zip --format=csv`
+    Then STDOUT should be:
+      """
+      name,old_version,new_version,status
+      core,6.6,6.8,Updated
+      """
+
+  @require-php-7.0
+  Scenario: Output in table format
+    Given a WP install
+    And I try `wp theme install twentytwenty --activate`
+
+    When I run `wp core download --version=6.6 --force`
+    Then STDOUT should not be empty
+
+    When I run `wp eval 'echo $GLOBALS["wp_version"];'`
+    Then STDOUT should be:
+      """
+      6.6
+      """
+
+    When I run `wget http://wordpress.org/wordpress-6.8.zip --quiet`
+    And I run `wp core update wordpress-6.8.zip --format=table`
+    Then STDOUT should end with a table containing rows:
+      | name | old_version | new_version | status  |
+      | core | 6.6         | 6.8         | Updated |
+
   # This test downgrades to an older WordPress version, but the SQLite plugin requires 6.4+
   @require-mysql
   Scenario: Update to the latest minor release (PHP 7.2 compatible with WP >= 4.9)
diff --git a/src/Core_Command.php b/src/Core_Command.php
index 3dd85bf6..b9bbb2b4 100644
--- a/src/Core_Command.php
+++ b/src/Core_Command.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use WP_CLI\Iterators\Table as TableIterator;
 use WP_CLI\Utils;
 use WP_CLI\Formatter;
+use WP_CLI\Loggers;
 use WP_CLI\WpOrgApi;
 
 /**
@@ -1073,6 +1074,15 @@ private static function get_core_checksums( $version, $locale, $insecure ) {
 	 * [--locale=<locale>]
 	 * : Select which language you want to download.
 	 *
+	* [--format=<format>]
+	 * : Render output in a particular format.
+	 * ---
+	 * options:
+	 *   - table
+	 *   - csv
+	 *   - json
+	 * ---
+	 *
 	 * [--insecure]
 	 * : Retry download without certificate validation if TLS handshake fails. Note: This makes the request vulnerable to a MITM attack.
 	 *
@@ -1104,7 +1114,7 @@ private static function get_core_checksums( $version, $locale, $insecure ) {
 	 * @alias upgrade
 	 *
 	 * @param array{0?: string} $args Positional arguments.
-	 * @param array{minor?: bool, version?: string, force?: bool, locale?: string, insecure?: bool} $assoc_args Associative arguments.
+	 * @param array{minor?: bool, version?: string, force?: bool, locale?: string, insecure?: bool, format?: string} $assoc_args Associative arguments.
 	 */
 	public function update( $args, $assoc_args ) {
 		global $wp_version;
@@ -1116,6 +1126,11 @@ public function update( $args, $assoc_args ) {
 			$assoc_args['version'] = 'nightly';
 		}
 
+		if ( ! empty( $assoc_args['format'] ) && in_array( $assoc_args['format'], [ 'json', 'csv' ], true ) ) {
+			$logger = new Loggers\Quiet( WP_CLI::get_runner()->in_color() );
+			WP_CLI::set_logger( $logger );
+		}
+
 		if ( ! empty( $args[0] ) ) {
 
 			// ZIP path or URL is given
@@ -1237,6 +1252,21 @@ public function update( $args, $assoc_args ) {
 				$locale = Utils\get_flag_value( $assoc_args, 'locale', get_locale() );
 				$this->cleanup_extra_files( $from_version, $to_version, $locale, $insecure );
 
+				$data = [
+					[
+						'name'        => 'core',
+						'old_version' => $from_version,
+						'new_version' => $to_version,
+						'status'      => 'Updated',
+					],
+				];
+
+				$format = Utils\get_flag_value( $assoc_args, 'format' );
+
+				if ( ! empty( $format ) ) {
+					Utils\format_items( $format, $data, [ 'name', 'old_version', 'new_version', 'status' ] );
+				}
+
 				WP_CLI::success( 'WordPress updated successfully.' );
 			}
 		} else {