diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 185edf2f1..969caf903 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
   </licenses>
 
   <properties>
-    <bouncycastle.version>1.77</bouncycastle.version>
+    <bouncycastle.version>1.78</bouncycastle.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   </properties>