diff --git a/test/protocol-tests/pom.xml b/test/protocol-tests/pom.xml
index 9b7df0ad445..a4748b01608 100644
--- a/test/protocol-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/test/protocol-tests/pom.xml
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
             <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
-            <version>1.80</version>
+            <version>1.84</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>