diff --git a/.java-version b/.java-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98d9bcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.java-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+17
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e042860..b121d27 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
                 <artifactId>bc-jdk18on-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>1.82</version>
+                <version>1.84</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>