diff --git a/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/pom.xml b/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/pom.xml
index 2e0de90fcf8bc..ef3f2469b73dd 100644
--- a/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/pom.xml
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-      <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
-      <version>1.70</version>
+      <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
+      <version>1.78.1</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>