diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 838cff9..9e4b555 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <httpcoreVersion>4.4.15</httpcoreVersion>
     <httpclientVersion>4.5.13</httpclientVersion>
 
-    <bouncycastleVersion>1.76</bouncycastleVersion>
+    <bouncycastleVersion>1.78</bouncycastleVersion>
     <dockerWaitFor>Setting LogLevel for all modules to trace6</dockerWaitFor>
 
     <dockerImage>docker.io/commonjava/ssl-dojo:1.1</dockerImage>