diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index ec3b7a36959..8587ada8966 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
-    <bouncycastle.version>1.78.1</bouncycastle.version>
+    <bouncycastle.version>1.79</bouncycastle.version>
     <log4j2.version>2.24.1</log4j2.version>
     <junit.version>5.11.3</junit.version>
     <jbig2.version>3.0.4</jbig2.version>