diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dcc52c0853..ec2b0e6310 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         <apacheds.version>2.0.0-M17</apacheds.version>
         <apacheds.codec.version>1.0.0-M23</apacheds.codec.version>
         <org.apache.james.apache-mime4j.version>0.6</org.apache.james.apache-mime4j.version>
-        <bouncycastle.crypto.version>1.50</bouncycastle.crypto.version>
+        <bouncycastle.crypto.version>1.52</bouncycastle.crypto.version>
         <jackson.version>2.5.4</jackson.version>
         <apache.httpcomponents.version>4.3.6</apache.httpcomponents.version>
         <apache.httpcomponents.httpcore.version>4.3.3</apache.httpcomponents.httpcore.version>