diff --git a/benchmark/pom.xml b/benchmark/pom.xml
index a7df20c71..ce505d83f 100644
--- a/benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -68,11 +68,6 @@
       <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockwebserver</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-      <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
-      <version>${bouncy.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
       <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
@@ -124,9 +119,15 @@
       <version>${jmh.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-nop</artifactId>
+      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 559bdbf93..f8b8461b8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@
     <googlehttpclient.version>1.43.3</googlehttpclient.version>
     <gson.version>2.10.1</gson.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.9</slf4j.version>
-    <bouncy.version>1.70</bouncy.version>
     <json.version>20230618</json.version>
 
     <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
@@ -341,12 +340,6 @@
         <version>${googlehttpclient.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-        <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
-        <version>${bouncy.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.json</groupId>
         <artifactId>json</artifactId>