diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index effebfcbfe..ac53637f3d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
         <pdfbox-version>2.0.31</pdfbox-version>
         <rome.version>1.19.0</rome.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.11</slf4j.version>
-        <tika.version>2.9.1</tika.version>
+        <tika.version>2.9.2</tika.version>
         <!-- Sync BouncyCastle & ASM with whatever version Tika uses -->
-        <bouncycastle.version>1.76</bouncycastle.version>
+        <bouncycastle.version>1.78.1</bouncycastle.version>
         <asm.version>8.0.1</asm.version>
         <!-- Jersey is used to integrate with external sources/services -->
         <jersey.version>3.1.5</jersey.version>
@@ -1282,6 +1282,12 @@
                 <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
                 <version>${bouncycastle.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <!-- Tika brings in multiple versions of this. Select the latest version. Always sync with Tika version -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                <artifactId>bcutil-jdk18on</artifactId>
+                <version>${bouncycastle.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <!-- Tika and axiom-api (in dspace-swordv2) disagree on versions -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.james</groupId>