diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 89283cfe..3869a0a4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <apache.directory.api.version>1.0.0-M33</apache.directory.api.version>
         <apache.directory.server.version>2.0.0-M22</apache.directory.server.version>
-        <bouncycastle.version>1.67</bouncycastle.version>
+        <bouncycastle.version>1.68</bouncycastle.version>
         <caffeine.version>2.8.8</caffeine.version>
         <kafka.version>2.6.0</kafka.version>
         <kafka.scala.version>2.13</kafka.scala.version>