diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index acee92d0d0..e368b24521 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
   </modules>
 
   <properties>
-    <bouncycastle.version>1.78.1</bouncycastle.version>
+    <bouncycastle.version>1.79</bouncycastle.version>
     <brotli4j.version>1.17.0</brotli4j.version>
     <checkstyle.version>10.19.0</checkstyle.version>
     <example.dir>${project.basedir}/../../examples</example.dir>