diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7cfdf59..8f9ed3f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,14 +40,9 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    </properties>
 
-    <distributionManagement>
-        <snapshotRepository>
-            <id>ossrh</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-        </snapshotRepository>
-    </distributionManagement>
+        <bouncycastle.version>1.78</bouncycastle.version>
+    </properties>
 
     <modules>
         <module>certificate-generator</module>
@@ -61,12 +56,12 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
                 <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
-                <version>1.77</version>
+                <version>${bouncycastle.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
                 <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
-                <version>1.77</version>
+                <version>${bouncycastle.version}</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>