diff --git a/hbase-server/pom.xml b/hbase-server/pom.xml
index 807ed135b2d..3cd64d0cfc4 100644
--- a/hbase-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-server/pom.xml
@@ -271,11 +271,6 @@
       <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-      <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kerby</groupId>
       <artifactId>kerb-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 40d8b14e925..faf3cfa688a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@
     <joni.version>2.1.42</joni.version>
     <jcodings.version>1.0.56</jcodings.version>
     <spy.version>2.12.2</spy.version>
-    <bouncycastle.version>1.67</bouncycastle.version>
+    <bouncycastle.version>1.70</bouncycastle.version>
     <kerby.version>1.0.1</kerby.version>
     <commons-crypto.version>1.1.0</commons-crypto.version>
     <curator.version>4.2.0</curator.version>