diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 63d937c26..489e5b621 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
             <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
-            <version>1.76</version>
+            <version>1.78</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Supports <if> expressions in logback.xml -->
         <dependency>