diff --git a/bookkeeper-dist/src/assemble/bin-all.xml b/bookkeeper-dist/src/assemble/bin-all.xml
index b4738eed52a..72c202848ba 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-dist/src/assemble/bin-all.xml
+++ b/bookkeeper-dist/src/assemble/bin-all.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         <include>checker-qual-3.5.0/LICENSE</include>
         <include>google-auth-library-credentials-0.20.0/LICENSE</include>
         <include>javax.servlet-api-4.0.0/CDDL+GPL-1.1</include>
-        <include>bouncycastle-1.0.2.3/LICENSE.html</include>
+        <include>bouncycastle/LICENSE.html</include>
         <include>jsr-305/LICENSE</include>
         <include>netty/*</include>
         <include>paranamer-2.8/LICENSE.txt</include>
diff --git a/bookkeeper-dist/src/assemble/bin-server.xml b/bookkeeper-dist/src/assemble/bin-server.xml
index eb4aada2fe0..0818e43d209 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-dist/src/assemble/bin-server.xml
+++ b/bookkeeper-dist/src/assemble/bin-server.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         <include>google-auth-library-credentials-0.20.0/LICENSE</include>
         <include>javax.servlet-api-4.0.0/CDDL+GPL-1.1</include>
         <include>netty/*</include>
-        <include>bouncycastle-1.0.2.3/LICENSE.html</include>
+        <include>bouncycastle/LICENSE.html</include>
         <include>protobuf/LICENSE</include>
         <include>reactivestreams-1.0.3/LICENSE</include>
         <include>slf4j-2.0.12/LICENSE.txt</include>
diff --git a/bookkeeper-dist/src/assemble/bkctl.xml b/bookkeeper-dist/src/assemble/bkctl.xml
index 97df42b9701..7f514e3d113 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-dist/src/assemble/bkctl.xml
+++ b/bookkeeper-dist/src/assemble/bkctl.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         <include>checker-qual-3.5.0/LICENSE</include>
         <include>google-auth-library-credentials-0.20.0/LICENSE</include>
         <include>netty/*</include>
-        <include>bouncycastle-1.0.2.3/LICENSE.html</include>
+        <include>bouncycastle/LICENSE.html</include>
         <include>protobuf/LICENSE</include>
         <include>reactivestreams-1.0.3/LICENSE</include>
         <include>slf4j-2.0.12/LICENSE.txt</include>
diff --git a/bookkeeper-dist/src/main/resources/LICENSE-all.bin.txt b/bookkeeper-dist/src/main/resources/LICENSE-all.bin.txt
index 923e8ec1db8..e01f84e5351 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-dist/src/main/resources/LICENSE-all.bin.txt
+++ b/bookkeeper-dist/src/main/resources/LICENSE-all.bin.txt
@@ -715,10 +715,10 @@ Bundled as
 Source available at https://github.com/googleapis/google-auth-library-java/releases/tag/v1.41.0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 This product bundles the bouncycastle Library.
-For license details, see deps/bouncycastle-1.0.2.3/LICENSE.html
+For license details, see deps/bouncycastle/LICENSE.html
 
 Bundled as
-  - lib/org.bouncycastle-bc-fips-1.0.2.5.jar
+  - lib/org.bouncycastle-bc-fips-1.0.2.6.jar
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 This product uses the annotations from The Checker Framework, which are licensed under
 MIT License. For details, see deps/checker-qual-3.5.0/LICENSE
diff --git a/bookkeeper-dist/src/main/resources/LICENSE-bkctl.bin.txt b/bookkeeper-dist/src/main/resources/LICENSE-bkctl.bin.txt
index 06c5f386ad4..72b5401f675 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-dist/src/main/resources/LICENSE-bkctl.bin.txt
+++ b/bookkeeper-dist/src/main/resources/LICENSE-bkctl.bin.txt
@@ -612,10 +612,10 @@ Bundled as
 Source available at https://github.com/google/google-auth-library-java/tree/1.41.0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 This product bundles the bouncycastle Library.
-For license details, see deps/bouncycastle-1.0.2.3/LICENSE.html
+For license details, see deps/bouncycastle/LICENSE.html
 
 Bundled as
-  - lib/org.bouncycastle-bc-fips-1.0.2.5.jar
+  - lib/org.bouncycastle-bc-fips-1.0.2.6.jar
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 This product uses the annotations from The Checker Framework, which are licensed under
diff --git a/bookkeeper-dist/src/main/resources/LICENSE-server.bin.txt b/bookkeeper-dist/src/main/resources/LICENSE-server.bin.txt
index cd39913407d..d88b926e2bd 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-dist/src/main/resources/LICENSE-server.bin.txt
+++ b/bookkeeper-dist/src/main/resources/LICENSE-server.bin.txt
@@ -704,10 +704,10 @@ Bundled as
 Source available at https://github.com/googleapis/google-auth-library-java/releases/tag/v1.41.0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 This product bundles the bouncycastle Library.
-For license details, see deps/bouncycastle-1.0.2.3/LICENSE.html
+For license details, see deps/bouncycastle/LICENSE.html
 
 Bundled as
-  - lib/org.bouncycastle-bc-fips-1.0.2.5.jar
+  - lib/org.bouncycastle-bc-fips-1.0.2.6.jar
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 This product uses the annotations from The Checker Framework, which are licensed under
 MIT License. For details, see deps/checker-qual-3.5.0/LICENSE
diff --git a/bookkeeper-dist/src/main/resources/deps/bouncycastle-1.0.2.3/LICENSE.html b/bookkeeper-dist/src/main/resources/deps/bouncycastle/LICENSE.html
similarity index 100%
rename from bookkeeper-dist/src/main/resources/deps/bouncycastle-1.0.2.3/LICENSE.html
rename to bookkeeper-dist/src/main/resources/deps/bouncycastle/LICENSE.html
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7db9e80d92a..201aee56bd6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
     <commons-lang3.version>3.17.0</commons-lang3.version>
     <commons-logging.version>1.3.5</commons-logging.version>
     <commons-io.version>2.19.0</commons-io.version>
-    <bouncycastle.version>1.0.2.5</bouncycastle.version>
+    <bouncycastle.version>1.0.2.6</bouncycastle.version>
     <curator.version>5.7.1</curator.version>
     <disruptor.version>4.0.0</disruptor.version>
     <dropwizard.version>4.1.12.1</dropwizard.version>