diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 4e1374b..4e690ad 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 slf4j = "2.0.10"
 logback = "1.4.14"
 #hibernateValidator = "8.0.1.Final"
-bouncycastle = "1.76"
+bouncycastle = "1.77"
 commonsCodec = "1.16.0"
 commonsCompress = "1.25.0"
 commonsCrypto = "1.2.0"
diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index 6285a1d..ed19f72 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -1497,6 +1497,14 @@
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          </artifact>
       </component>
+      <component group="org.bouncycastle" name="bcpkix-jdk18on" version="1.77">
+         <artifact name="bcpkix-jdk18on-1.77.jar">
+            <sha256 value="1ac7fe8efd5b2f38cdc165be5a0675734fe44808dab92707201f03a535d6f1b8" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+         <artifact name="bcpkix-jdk18on-1.77.pom">
+            <sha256 value="8fb0926f02e2c4b2dc52e47ebb093f92f1d3bb6f149c2a5cca5e2a648d2c498d" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+      </component>
       <component group="org.bouncycastle" name="bcprov-jdk18on" version="1.71">
          <artifact name="bcprov-jdk18on-1.71.jar">
             <sha256 value="f3433a97d780fe9fa3dc3d562a41decd59b2e617ce884de9060349ac14750045" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
@@ -1513,6 +1521,14 @@
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          </artifact>
       </component>
+      <component group="org.bouncycastle" name="bcprov-jdk18on" version="1.77">
+         <artifact name="bcprov-jdk18on-1.77.jar">
+            <sha256 value="dabb98c24d72c9b9f585633d1df9c5cd58d9ad373d0cd681367e6a603a495d58" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+         <artifact name="bcprov-jdk18on-1.77.pom">
+            <sha256 value="ad1382cfcd03bcdd8be13913c02f44fd469d0a76a53cf2caef5be180adc36b23" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+      </component>
       <component group="org.bouncycastle" name="bcutil-jdk18on" version="1.76">
          <artifact name="bcutil-jdk18on-1.76.jar">
             <sha256 value="1a65ad02958223a3f31373bd72eea942cafd1b1877a3ed0b492c2487e77c3c27" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
@@ -1521,6 +1537,14 @@
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          </artifact>
       </component>
+      <component group="org.bouncycastle" name="bcutil-jdk18on" version="1.77">
+         <artifact name="bcutil-jdk18on-1.77.jar">
+            <sha256 value="947673bcbc5a8dde2d2fa688a5b7598d0ca6e2a74a7ea30cd93f04f6b3ad68f8" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+         <artifact name="bcutil-jdk18on-1.77.pom">
+            <sha256 value="163dfa6632ffb928a705ca83722350cacea49ccd623ce73645a5cc3b0fa9e6e8" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+      </component>
       <component group="org.checkerframework" name="checker-qual" version="3.12.0">
          <artifact name="checker-qual-3.12.0.jar">
             <sha256 value="ff10785ac2a357ec5de9c293cb982a2cbb605c0309ea4cc1cb9b9bc6dbe7f3cb" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>