diff --git a/maverick-base/pom.xml b/maverick-base/pom.xml
index 0eb3a479..bc694037 100644
--- a/maverick-base/pom.xml
+++ b/maverick-base/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
 			<artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
-			<version>1.76</version>
+			<version>1.78</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>