diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d5c4133f116b..83cf59167901 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <licensing.prepend.text>notice-agpl-prefix.txt</licensing.prepend.text>
     <licensing.phase>compile</licensing.phase>
     <lucene.version>5.5.0</lucene.version>
-    <bouncycastle.version>1.53</bouncycastle.version>
+    <bouncycastle.version>1.60</bouncycastle.version>
     <generate-config-docs-phase>prepare-package</generate-config-docs-phase>
     <test.runner.jvm.settings.additional></test.runner.jvm.settings.additional>
     <test.runner.jvm.settings>-Xmx2G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError