diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 657f56650b..8668c18657 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -670,6 +670,16 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.directory.server</groupId>
             <artifactId>apacheds-core</artifactId>
             <version>${version.apacheds}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -730,6 +740,16 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.directory.server</groupId>
             <artifactId>apacheds-protocol-ldap</artifactId>
             <version>${version.apacheds}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -776,8 +796,14 @@
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
-            <version>1.70</version>
+            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15to18</artifactId>
+            <version>1.74</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+            <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15to18</artifactId>
+            <version>1.74</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Kevin's fix for jar version conflicts. For future Benchmark 1.3 -->