diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index 9aea1b0e2e..09d91f3078 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Bug #2653: Fixed the bug that unsetting an unpopulated AR relation would trigger exception (qiangxue)
 - Bug #2681: Fixed the bug of php build-in server https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66606 (dizews)
 - Bug #2695: Fixed the issue that `FileValidator::isEmpty()` always returns true for validate multiple files (ZhandosKz)
+- Bug #2740: Fixed the issue that `CaptchaAction::run()` was using obsolete `Controller::createUrl()` method (tonydspaniard)
 - Bug: Fixed `Call to a member function registerAssetFiles() on a non-object` in case of wrong `sourcePath` for an asset bundle (samdark)
 - Bug: Fixed incorrect event name for `yii\jui\Spinner` (samdark)
 - Bug: Json::encode() did not handle objects that implement JsonSerializable interface correctly (cebe)
diff --git a/framework/captcha/CaptchaAction.php b/framework/captcha/CaptchaAction.php
index 85faa991f4..ad7958b83a 100644
--- a/framework/captcha/CaptchaAction.php
+++ b/framework/captcha/CaptchaAction.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace yii\captcha;
 use Yii;
 use yii\base\Action;
 use yii\base\InvalidConfigException;
+use yii\helpers\Url;
 
 /**
  * CaptchaAction renders a CAPTCHA image.
@@ -117,14 +118,12 @@ class CaptchaAction extends Action
 		if (Yii::$app->request->getQueryParam(self::REFRESH_GET_VAR) !== null) {
 			// AJAX request for regenerating code
 			$code = $this->getVerifyCode(true);
-			/** @var \yii\web\Controller $controller */
-			$controller = $this->controller;
 			return json_encode([
 				'hash1' => $this->generateValidationHash($code),
 				'hash2' => $this->generateValidationHash(strtolower($code)),
 				// we add a random 'v' parameter so that FireFox can refresh the image
 				// when src attribute of image tag is changed
-				'url' => $controller->createUrl([$this->id, 'v' => uniqid()]),
+				'url' => Url::to([$this->id, 'v' => uniqid()]),
 			]);
 		} else {
 			$this->setHttpHeaders();