diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6dd54c15..272ed0aa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
-        <bouncycastle.version>1.77</bouncycastle.version>
+        <bouncycastle.version>1.78</bouncycastle.version>
     </properties>
 
     <description>