diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index a2c16cce4..73f61186a 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <url>https://ws.apache.org/wss4j/</url>
 
     <properties>
-        <bcprov.version>1.78.1</bcprov.version>
+        <bcprov.version>1.79</bcprov.version>
         <commons.compress.version>1.27.1</commons.compress.version>
         <cryptacular.version>1.2.7</cryptacular.version>
         <ehcache.version>3.10.8</ehcache.version>