diff --git a/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/pom.xml b/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/pom.xml
index 3e99e4b77ae3b..fc033a5ea7ab1 100644
--- a/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/pom.xml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
       <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
-      <version>1.78.1</version>
+      <version>1.79</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>