diff --git a/bitrepository-core/pom.xml b/bitrepository-core/pom.xml
index 7b5cd2ed4..3d4d8effd 100644
--- a/bitrepository-core/pom.xml
+++ b/bitrepository-core/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
       <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
-      <version>1.75</version>
+      <version>1.78</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>