diff --git a/classes/migration/upgrade/v3_5_0/I10620_EditorialBoardMemberRole.php b/classes/migration/upgrade/v3_5_0/I10620_EditorialBoardMemberRole.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6643a9ce2d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/classes/migration/upgrade/v3_5_0/I10620_EditorialBoardMemberRole.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file classes/migration/upgrade/v3_5_0/I10620_EditorialBoardMemberRole.php
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Simon Fraser University
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 John Willinsky
+ * Distributed under the GNU GPL v3. For full terms see the file docs/COPYING.
+ *
+ * @class I10620_EditorialBoardMemberRole
+ *
+ * @brief Add new Editorial Board Member user group.
+ */
+
+namespace APP\migration\upgrade\v3_5_0;
+
+class I10620_EditorialBoardMemberRole extends \PKP\migration\upgrade\v3_5_0\I10620_EditorialBoardMemberRole
+{
+    protected function getContextTable(): string
+    {
+        return 'journals';
+    }
+
+    protected function getContextSettingsTable(): string
+    {
+        return 'journal_settings';
+    }
+
+    protected function getContextIdColumn(): string
+    {
+        return 'journal_id';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dbscripts/xml/upgrade.xml b/dbscripts/xml/upgrade.xml
index ddb3babf75d..feb109d906c 100644
--- a/dbscripts/xml/upgrade.xml
+++ b/dbscripts/xml/upgrade.xml
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@
 		<migration class="PKP\migration\upgrade\v3_5_0\I10292_UpdateControlledVocabAssocId"/>
 		<migration class="PKP\migration\upgrade\v3_5_0\I10292_UpdateControlledVocabEntrySettingName"/>
 		<migration class="PKP\migration\upgrade\v3_5_0\FilterClassNames"/>
+		<migration class="APP\migration\upgrade\v3_5_0\I10620_EditorialBoardMemberRole"/>
 		<note file="docs/release-notes/README-3.5.0" />
 	</upgrade>
 
diff --git a/lib/pkp b/lib/pkp
index 4a4b7f6b0d2..b5f0cf701c9 160000
--- a/lib/pkp
+++ b/lib/pkp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4a4b7f6b0d2b1ed7796a47ce90da9e8a647985fe
+Subproject commit b5f0cf701c90892c1b89169d07195fd1bee11b51
diff --git a/registry/userGroups.xml b/registry/userGroups.xml
index 859766a849e..d148f2cebad 100644
--- a/registry/userGroups.xml
+++ b/registry/userGroups.xml
@@ -45,4 +45,7 @@
 
 	<!-- Subscription Manager Role -->
 	<group roleId="0x00200000" stages="" name="default.groups.name.subscriptionManager" plural="default.groups.plural.subscriptionManager" abbrev="default.groups.abbrev.subscriptionManager" />
+
+	<!-- Editorial Board Member Role -->
+	<group roleId="0x00001001" stages="" name="default.groups.name.editorialBoardMember" plural="default.groups.plural.editorialBoardMember" abbrev="default.groups.abbrev.editorialBoardMember" masthead="true" />
 </groups>