diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 7aae0e4acd9..2805b8f92fc 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
+            <version>${bouncycastle.jdk18.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -178,6 +179,10 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.directory.api</groupId>
                     <artifactId>api-ldap-schema-data</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -190,6 +195,10 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.directory.api</groupId>
                     <artifactId>api-ldap-schema-data</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -226,6 +235,10 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.directory.api</groupId>
                     <artifactId>api-ldap-schema-data</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e717e3a926a..5580c906872 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
         <io.confluent.schema-registry.version>7.6.0-0</io.confluent.schema-registry.version>
         <commons.compress.version>1.21</commons.compress.version>
         <commons.lang3.version>3.12.0</commons.lang3.version>
+        <bouncycastle.jdk18.version>1.77</bouncycastle.jdk18.version>
         <commons.validator.version>1.7</commons.validator.version>
     </properties>