diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index 4f2e3f22d7..a9273594aa 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
             <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
-            <version>1.54</version>
+            <version>1.70</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>