diff --git a/server/openejb-client/pom.xml b/server/openejb-client/pom.xml
index 7c98daf76c7..3976306d95e 100644
--- a/server/openejb-client/pom.xml
+++ b/server/openejb-client/pom.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
       <artifactId>bcmail-jdk15to18</artifactId>
-      <version>1.78.1</version>
+      <version>1.79</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/tomee/tomee-embedded/pom.xml b/tomee/tomee-embedded/pom.xml
index 32e9ef81402..b7cb40317cb 100644
--- a/tomee/tomee-embedded/pom.xml
+++ b/tomee/tomee-embedded/pom.xml
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
       <artifactId>bcmail-jdk15to18</artifactId>
-      <version>1.78.1</version>
+      <version>1.79</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>