diff --git a/adapter-cqld4/pom.xml b/adapter-cqld4/pom.xml
index 63cf79d6c..f38d09d41 100644
--- a/adapter-cqld4/pom.xml
+++ b/adapter-cqld4/pom.xml
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
-            <version>1.70</version>
+            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
+            <version>1.75</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>