diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 42797aa9..3c02d2d8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@
                 <!--Justification: Bouncy Castle API for cryptography functions -->
                 <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
                 <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
-                <version>1.75</version>
+                <version>1.78</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>