diff --git a/ethereum-workitem/pom.xml b/ethereum-workitem/pom.xml
index 69aa58483..158fc2f2c 100644
--- a/ethereum-workitem/pom.xml
+++ b/ethereum-workitem/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@
       <groupId>org.web3j</groupId>
       <artifactId>utils</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+          <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.jnr</groupId>