diff --git a/Core/ivy.xml b/Core/ivy.xml
index 94eb446632c653a857075a1bde080b30bd981d19..4d6c14a0dba73338ad4457b56fe5373f2bd0da05 100644
--- a/Core/ivy.xml
+++ b/Core/ivy.xml
@@ -45,12 +45,17 @@
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.ws.rs/javax.ws.rs-api -->
<dependency conf="core->default" org="javax.ws.rs" name="javax.ws.rs-api" rev="2.1.1"/>
-
- <override org="jakarta.ws.rs" module="jakarta.ws.rs-api" rev="2.1.5"/>
- <override org="org.slf4j" module="slf4j-api" rev="1.7.36"/>
+
<override org="org.apache.zookeeper" module="zookeeper" rev="3.8.0"/>
<override org="org.apache.zookeeper" module="zookeeper-jute" rev="3.8.0"/>
+ <override org="jakarta.ws.rs" module="jakarta.ws.rs-api" rev="2.1.5"/>
+ <override org="org.slf4j" module="slf4j-api" rev="1.7.36"/>
<override org="com.google.guava" module="guava" rev="31.1-jre"/>
<override org="com.fasterxml.jackson.core" module="jackson-core" rev="2.13.2"/>
+
+ <!-- changes to bouncy castle version may also be reflected in thirdparty/IcePDF 6.2.2 -->
+ <override org="org.bouncycastle" module="bcprov-ext-jdk15on" rev="1.70"/>
+ <override org="org.bouncycastle" module="bcprov-jdk15on" rev="1.70"/>
+ <override org="org.bouncycastle" module="bcpkix-jdk15on" rev="1.70"/>
</dependencies>
</ivy-module>
diff --git a/CoreLibs/ivy.xml b/CoreLibs/ivy.xml
index 4b738a55fbeb97968654ab17eae08dac7d62f32d..80bb6bf9aff90e59b49dd13c7568368e0819f273 100644
--- a/CoreLibs/ivy.xml
+++ b/CoreLibs/ivy.xml
@@ -91,5 +91,9 @@
<override org="com.google.guava" module="guava" rev="31.1-jre"/>
<override org="com.fasterxml.jackson.core" module="jackson-databind" rev="2.13.2"/>
<override org="com.fasterxml.jackson.core" module="jackson-core" rev="2.13.2"/>
+
+ <!-- changes to bouncy castle version may also be reflected in thirdparty/IcePDF 6.2.2 -->
+ <override org="org.bouncycastle" module="bcprov-jdk15on" rev="1.70"/>
+ <override org="org.bouncycastle" module="bcpkix-jdk15on" rev="1.70"/>
</dependencies>
</ivy-module>
diff --git a/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.properties b/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.properties
index 36867d55dc790215052d0c2ff64d01953fc1e1d2..5056926698afde26ca4e788f37f2316dbdc736a4 100644
--- a/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ file.reference.ant-1.10.12.jar=release/modules/ext/ant-1.10.12.jar
file.reference.ant-launcher-1.10.12.jar=release/modules/ext/ant-launcher-1.10.12.jar
file.reference.api-common-2.1.4.jar=release/modules/ext/api-common-2.1.4.jar
file.reference.AppleJavaExtensions-1.4.jar=release/modules/ext/AppleJavaExtensions-1.4.jar
-file.reference.bcpkix-jdk15on-1.67.jar=release/modules/ext/bcpkix-jdk15on-1.67.jar
-file.reference.bcprov-ext-jdk15on-1.54.jar=release/modules/ext/bcprov-ext-jdk15on-1.54.jar
-file.reference.bcprov-jdk15on-1.67.jar=release/modules/ext/bcprov-jdk15on-1.67.jar
+file.reference.bcpkix-jdk15on-1.70.jar=release/modules/ext/bcpkix-jdk15on-1.70.jar
+file.reference.bcprov-ext-jdk15on-1.70.jar=release/modules/ext/bcprov-ext-jdk15on-1.70.jar
+file.reference.bcprov-jdk15on-1.70.jar=release/modules/ext/bcprov-jdk15on-1.70.jar
file.reference.common-image-3.8.2.jar=release/modules/ext/common-image-3.8.2.jar
file.reference.common-io-3.8.2.jar=release/modules/ext/common-io-3.8.2.jar
file.reference.common-lang-3.8.2.jar=release/modules/ext/common-lang-3.8.2.jar
diff --git a/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.xml b/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.xml
index 0d4b34e205fa2425aac599e356483edb8014e79b..0faa3c90871dcd921915a20fc614ac49cba007e7 100644
--- a/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.xml
+++ b/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.xml
@@ -540,16 +540,16 @@
<binary-origin>release/modules/ext/AppleJavaExtensions-1.4.jar</binary-origin>
</class-path-extension>
<class-path-extension>
- <runtime-relative-path>ext/bcpkix-jdk15on-1.67.jar</runtime-relative-path>
- <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/bcpkix-jdk15on-1.67.jar</binary-origin>
+ <runtime-relative-path>ext/bcpkix-jdk15on-1.70.jar</runtime-relative-path>
+ <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/bcpkix-jdk15on-1.70.jar</binary-origin>
</class-path-extension>
<class-path-extension>
- <runtime-relative-path>ext/bcprov-ext-jdk15on-1.54.jar</runtime-relative-path>
- <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/bcprov-ext-jdk15on-1.54.jar</binary-origin>
+ <runtime-relative-path>ext/bcprov-ext-jdk15on-1.70.jar</runtime-relative-path>
+ <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/bcprov-ext-jdk15on-1.70.jar</binary-origin>
</class-path-extension>
<class-path-extension>
- <runtime-relative-path>ext/bcprov-jdk15on-1.67.jar</runtime-relative-path>
- <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/bcprov-jdk15on-1.67.jar</binary-origin>
+ <runtime-relative-path>ext/bcprov-jdk15on-1.70.jar</runtime-relative-path>
+ <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/bcprov-jdk15on-1.70.jar</binary-origin>
</class-path-extension>
<class-path-extension>
<runtime-relative-path>ext/common-image-3.8.2.jar</runtime-relative-path>
diff --git a/Tika/ivy.xml b/Tika/ivy.xml
index 10464eb16e84581059ab166d04b9bf886018e232..a67016df6e8067c2f347983f8fb9434f506f7cd2 100755
--- a/Tika/ivy.xml
+++ b/Tika/ivy.xml
@@ -13,5 +13,10 @@
<override org="com.fasterxml.jackson.core" module="jackson-core" rev="2.13.2"/>
<override org="com.fasterxml.jackson.core" module="jackson-databind" rev="2.13.2"/>
<override org="com.fasterxml.jackson.core" module="jackson-annotations" rev="2.13.2"/>
+
+ <!-- changes to bouncy castle version may also be reflected in thirdparty/IcePDF 6.2.2 -->
+ <override org="org.bouncycastle" module="bcmail-jdk15on" rev="1.70"/>
+ <override org="org.bouncycastle" module="bcprov-jdk15on" rev="1.70"/>
+ <override org="org.bouncycastle" module="bcpkix-jdk15on" rev="1.70"/>
</dependencies>
</ivy-module>
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