diff --git a/gateway-demo-ldap/pom.xml b/gateway-demo-ldap/pom.xml
index f94d3b6109..b07f4f2689 100644
--- a/gateway-demo-ldap/pom.xml
+++ b/gateway-demo-ldap/pom.xml
@@ -83,5 +83,10 @@
             <artifactId>gateway-test-utils</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/gateway-docker/pom.xml b/gateway-docker/pom.xml
index e2d8d73534..f700bcb9df 100644
--- a/gateway-docker/pom.xml
+++ b/gateway-docker/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
             <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
             <artifactId>docker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+            <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>
         <plugins>
diff --git a/gateway-provider-security-pac4j/pom.xml b/gateway-provider-security-pac4j/pom.xml
index 8b8651ec8a..a6dd61c03f 100644
--- a/gateway-provider-security-pac4j/pom.xml
+++ b/gateway-provider-security-pac4j/pom.xml
@@ -158,5 +158,10 @@
             <artifactId>gateway-test-utils</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+            <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0b0cf76029..eb1160a4fa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@
         <asm.version>9.0</asm.version>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.6</aspectj.version>
         <asynchttpclient.version>4.1.5</asynchttpclient.version>
-        <bcprov-jdk15on.version>1.67</bcprov-jdk15on.version>
+        <bcprov-jdk18on.version>1.78</bcprov-jdk18on.version>
+        <bcpkix-jdk18on.version>1.78</bcpkix-jdk18on.version>
         <ben-manes.caffeine.version>2.8.8</ben-manes.caffeine.version>
         <buildnumber-maven-plugin.version>1.4</buildnumber-maven-plugin.version>
         <cglib.version>3.3.0</cglib.version>
@@ -1955,6 +1956,12 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.directory.server</groupId>
                 <artifactId>apacheds-core</artifactId>
                 <version>${apacheds.directory.server.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.directory.server</groupId>
@@ -1980,6 +1987,12 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.directory.server</groupId>
                 <artifactId>apacheds-protocol-ldap</artifactId>
                 <version>${apacheds.directory.server.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
@@ -2153,8 +2166,13 @@
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-                <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
-                <version>${bcprov-jdk15on.version}</version>
+                <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
+                <version>${bcprov-jdk18on.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
+                <version>${bcpkix-jdk18on.version}</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
@@ -2287,6 +2305,12 @@
                 <groupId>org.pac4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>pac4j-cas</artifactId>
                 <version>${pac4j.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.pac4j</groupId>
@@ -2344,6 +2368,10 @@
                         <groupId>dom4j</groupId>
                         <artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
@@ -2514,6 +2542,10 @@
                         <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
                         <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>