diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
index f853a7a..28c2d58 100644
--- a/bom/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/pom.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     <quarkus.platform.group-id>io.quarkus.platform</quarkus.platform.group-id>
     <quarkus.platform.version>3.3.0</quarkus.platform.version>
     <org.mapstruct.version>1.5.5.Final</org.mapstruct.version>
+    <org.bouncycastle-bcprov.version>1.76</org.bouncycastle-bcprov.version>
     <skipITs>true</skipITs>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
     <deploy-plugin.version>3.1.1</deploy-plugin.version>
@@ -128,6 +129,12 @@
         <version>${org.mapstruct.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+        <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
+        <version>${org.bouncycastle-bcprov.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
       <dependency>
         <groupId>${abavilla.framework.group-id}</groupId>
         <artifactId>fpi-framework-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index aadb557..e79a5ac 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@
       <artifactId>quarkus-smallrye-fault-tolerance</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+      <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>