diff --git a/changes/fix_sshj.md b/changes/fix_sshj.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6956887bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/fix_sshj.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Explicitly include bouncycastle to clear SSL errors
diff --git a/plugin-sftp/pom.xml b/plugin-sftp/pom.xml
index c0d446d7e..25e9cb7b7 100644
--- a/plugin-sftp/pom.xml
+++ b/plugin-sftp/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@
       <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
       <version>2.0.12</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+      <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
+      <version>1.75</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+      <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
+      <version>1.75</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
diff --git a/plugin-sftp/src/main/java/module-info.java b/plugin-sftp/src/main/java/module-info.java
index 7fb78062f..44e6f1ae3 100644
--- a/plugin-sftp/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/plugin-sftp/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
   requires simpleclient;
   requires org.slf4j.jul;
   requires org.slf4j;
+  requires org.bouncycastle.util;
+  requires org.bouncycastle.provider;
+  requires org.bouncycastle.pkix;
 
   provides PluginFileType with
       SftpPluginType;
diff --git a/shesmu-server/pom.xml b/shesmu-server/pom.xml
index 02b5963c0..ae9c97127 100644
--- a/shesmu-server/pom.xml
+++ b/shesmu-server/pom.xml
@@ -109,6 +109,16 @@
       <groupId>io.github.bonigarcia</groupId>
       <artifactId>webdrivermanager</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+          <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+          <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>