diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2af6eb0ee..7bcb19443 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
       <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
-      <version>1.78.1</version>
+      <version>1.79</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>