diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f9385561e..a5ee633d1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven.compiler.compilerVersion>1.8</maven.compiler.compilerVersion>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
-        <bouncycastle.version>1.65</bouncycastle.version>
+        <bouncycastle.version>1.68</bouncycastle.version>
         <javadocOpt>none</javadocOpt>
     </properties>