diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 47fe9dd51c..4493293c87 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
                 <artifactId>bcmail-jdk15on</artifactId>
-                <version>1.64</version>
+                <version>1.65</version>
             </dependency>
             <!-- upgrade dependency from TIKA -->
             <dependency>