diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fee54253a..d0b9df2ec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 		<commons-lang3.version>3.17.0</commons-lang3.version>
 		<slf4j-api.version>1.7.30</slf4j-api.version>
 
-		<bouncycastle.version>1.80</bouncycastle.version>
+		<bouncycastle.version>1.81</bouncycastle.version>
 		<junixsocket.version>2.10.1</junixsocket.version>
 		<guava.version>33.4.8-jre</guava.version> <!-- todo remove from project -->