diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5ccb449df..9c1fc7115 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
             <artifactId>bcprov-ext-jdk15on</artifactId>
-            <version>1.67</version>
+            <version>1.70</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>