diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 541f1964..ea11d878 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -294,7 +294,8 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
       <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
-      <version>1.76</version>
+      <version>1.78.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <reporting>
@@ -306,4 +307,4 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </reporting>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>