diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchNode.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchNode.java
index ec47a1908b918..06dfaae861c42 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchNode.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchNode.java
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ private void createConfiguration() {
         baseConfig.put("indices.breaker.total.use_real_memory", "false");
         // Don't wait for state, just start up quickly. This will also allow new and old nodes in the BWC case to become the master
         baseConfig.put("discovery.initial_state_timeout", "0s");
-        baseConfig.put("fips.approved", "true");
+        baseConfig.put("fips.approved", "false");
 
         // TODO: Remove these once https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/46091 is fixed
         baseConfig.put("logger.org.opensearch.action.support.master", "DEBUG");
diff --git a/buildSrc/version.properties b/buildSrc/version.properties
index 5edbd813c65a1..23c2f129c5b6a 100644
--- a/buildSrc/version.properties
+++ b/buildSrc/version.properties
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ reactivestreams   = 1.0.4
 bouncycastle_jce=1.0.2.4
 bouncycastle_tls=1.0.19
 bouncycastle_pkix=1.0.7
-bouncycastle_pg=1.0.7.1
+bouncycastle_pg=1.0.8
 # test dependencies
 randomizedrunner  = 2.7.1
 junit             = 4.13.2