diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 4fc8c06b64..35010750ce 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
     <guava.version>27.0-jre</guava.version>
     <guice.version>4.2.3</guice.version>
 
-    <bouncycastle.version>1.77</bouncycastle.version>
+    <bouncycastle.version>1.78</bouncycastle.version>
 
     <!-- Required for testing LDAP integration -->
     <apacheds.version>2.0.0.AM26</apacheds.version>