diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b213ba80..b0023462 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
         <version.org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-site-plugin>4.0.0-M8</version.org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-site-plugin>
         <version.org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-source-plugin>3.3.0</version.org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-source-plugin>
         <version.org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-surefire-plugin>3.1.2</version.org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-surefire-plugin>
-        <version.org.bouncycastle>1.74</version.org.bouncycastle>
+        <version.org.bouncycastle>1.78</version.org.bouncycastle>
         <version.org.codehaus.mojo.codenarc-maven-plugin>0.22-1</version.org.codehaus.mojo.codenarc-maven-plugin>
         <version.com.github.spotbugs.spotbugs-maven-plugin>4.7.3.5</version.com.github.spotbugs.spotbugs-maven-plugin>
         <version.org.hamcrest.hamcrest-core>2.2</version.org.hamcrest.hamcrest-core>