diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c9d9d4e587..c776a779b8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     <awaitility.version>4.3.0</awaitility.version>
     <!-- The currently available version is 2.0.5 and anything above 1.4.3 is no longer compatible with our code -->
     <bit-io.version>1.4.3</bit-io.version>
-    <bouncycastle.version>1.84</bouncycastle.version>
+    <bouncycastle.version>1.85</bouncycastle.version>
     <byte-buddy.version>1.18.11</byte-buddy.version>
     <cmake.version>3.31.5-b1</cmake.version>
     <commons-beanutils.version>1.9.4</commons-beanutils.version>