diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index 841bbd2f06c1f..a38220001f0d0 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <angus-activation.version>2.0.2</angus-activation.version>
-        <bouncycastle.version>1.77</bouncycastle.version>
+        <bouncycastle.version>1.78.1</bouncycastle.version>
         <bouncycastle.fips.version>1.0.2.4</bouncycastle.fips.version>
         <bouncycastle.tls.fips.version>1.0.18</bouncycastle.tls.fips.version>
         <expressly.version>5.0.0</expressly.version>