diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4183a79411a..f667e7c62dc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 
         <bouncycastle.bcprov>bcprov-jdk18on</bouncycastle.bcprov>
         <bouncycastle.bcpkix>bcpkix-jdk18on</bouncycastle.bcpkix>
-        <bouncycastle.version>1.79</bouncycastle.version>
+        <bouncycastle.version>1.84</bouncycastle.version>
 
         <datanucleus-core.version>6.0.6</datanucleus-core.version>
         <datanucleus.plugin.version>6.0.0-release</datanucleus.plugin.version>