diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4feae4676..f8eefc872 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
 				<artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
-				<version>1.68</version>
+				<version>1.70</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>