diff --git a/openssl4j/pom.xml b/openssl4j/pom.xml
index ba7e46d..2562c52 100644
--- a/openssl4j/pom.xml
+++ b/openssl4j/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
         <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
-        <version>1.77</version>
+        <version>1.78</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>