diff --git a/client/pom.xml b/client/pom.xml
index b8dffe65d4fb..d9513144592c 100644
--- a/client/pom.xml
+++ b/client/pom.xml
@@ -716,17 +716,17 @@
                     </dependency>
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                        <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
                         <version>${cs.bcprov.version}</version>
                     </dependency>
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                        <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
                         <version>${cs.bcprov.version}</version>
                     </dependency>
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>bctls-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                        <artifactId>bctls-jdk18on</artifactId>
                         <version>${cs.bcprov.version}</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
@@ -906,13 +906,13 @@
                                 </artifactItem>
                                 <artifactItem>
                                     <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-                                    <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                                    <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
                                     <overWrite>false</overWrite>
                                     <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib</outputDirectory>
                                 </artifactItem>
                                 <artifactItem>
                                     <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-                                    <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                                    <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
                                     <overWrite>false</overWrite>
                                     <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib</outputDirectory>
 			        </artifactItem>
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@
                                 </artifactItem>
                                 <artifactItem>
                                     <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-                                    <artifactId>bctls-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                                    <artifactId>bctls-jdk18on</artifactId>
                                     <overWrite>false</overWrite>
                                     <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib</outputDirectory>
                                 </artifactItem>
@@ -971,9 +971,9 @@
                                     <exclude>org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core</exclude>
                                     <exclude>org.apache.geronimo.specs:geronimo-servlet_3.0_spec</exclude>
                                     <exclude>org.apache.geronimo.specs:geronimo-javamail_1.4_spec</exclude>
-                                    <exclude>org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on</exclude>
-                                    <exclude>org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15on</exclude>
-                                    <exclude>org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk15on</exclude>
+                                    <exclude>org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on</exclude>
+                                    <exclude>org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on</exclude>
+                                    <exclude>org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk18on</exclude>
                                     <exclude>com.mysql:mysql-connector-j</exclude>
                                     <exclude>org.apache.cloudstack:cloud-plugin-storage-volume-storpool</exclude>
                                     <exclude>org.apache.cloudstack:cloud-plugin-storage-volume-linstor</exclude>
diff --git a/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/pom.xml b/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/pom.xml
index 6b5cec95aab9..f638dbde7f3b 100644
--- a/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/pom.xml
@@ -124,16 +124,6 @@
             <version>${cs.hamcrest.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
-            <version>${cs.bcprov.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bctls-jdk15on</artifactId>
-            <version>${cs.bcprov.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
             <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
diff --git a/plugins/pom.xml b/plugins/pom.xml
index e7d13871285e..00d63d010dbe 100755
--- a/plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/pom.xml
@@ -203,13 +203,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.minio</groupId>
             <artifactId>minio</artifactId>
-            <version>8.5.2</version>
+            <version>${cs.minio.version}</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.minio</groupId>
             <artifactId>minio-admin</artifactId>
-            <version>8.5.2</version>
+            <version>${cs.minio.version}</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/plugins/storage/object/minio/pom.xml b/plugins/storage/object/minio/pom.xml
index d69c2a7498fa..64d62cf8d347 100644
--- a/plugins/storage/object/minio/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/storage/object/minio/pom.xml
@@ -46,12 +46,24 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.minio</groupId>
             <artifactId>minio</artifactId>
-            <version>8.5.2</version>
+            <version>${cs.minio.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.minio</groupId>
             <artifactId>minio-admin</artifactId>
-            <version>8.5.2</version>
+            <version>${cs.minio.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- Pin okhttp3 to the version required by minio 8.6.0+, overriding the older
+             version transitively pulled by influxdb-java -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
+            <artifactId>okhttp</artifactId>
+            <version>5.1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
+            <artifactId>logging-interceptor</artifactId>
+            <version>5.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/storage/object/simulator/pom.xml b/plugins/storage/object/simulator/pom.xml
index dc4ab0146067..bd6c6ef99059 100644
--- a/plugins/storage/object/simulator/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/storage/object/simulator/pom.xml
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.minio</groupId>
             <artifactId>minio</artifactId>
-            <version>8.5.2</version>
+            <version>${cs.minio.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.minio</groupId>
             <artifactId>minio-admin</artifactId>
-            <version>8.5.2</version>
+            <version>${cs.minio.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/pom.xml b/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/pom.xml
index c9e5a083725c..24a58653e10d 100644
--- a/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/pom.xml
@@ -172,6 +172,18 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.directory.shared</groupId>
                     <artifactId>shared-ldap-schema</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>bcutil-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -191,12 +203,40 @@
             <artifactId>apacheds-core</artifactId>
             <version>${ads.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>bcutil-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.directory.server</groupId>
             <artifactId>apacheds-protocol-ldap</artifactId>
             <version>${ads.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>bcutil-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.directory.server</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 17935c526922..296c8e11be20 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
         <cs.axiom.version>1.2.8</cs.axiom.version>
         <cs.axis2.version>1.6.4</cs.axis2.version>
         <cs.batik.version>1.14</cs.batik.version>
-        <cs.bcprov.version>1.70</cs.bcprov.version>
+        <cs.bcprov.version>1.83</cs.bcprov.version>
         <cs.cglib.version>3.3.0</cs.cglib.version>
         <cs.checkstyle-lib.version>8.18</cs.checkstyle-lib.version>
         <cs.cron-utils.version>9.2.0</cs.cron-utils.version>
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@
         <cs.ini.version>0.5.4</cs.ini.version>
         <cs.caffeine.version>3.1.7</cs.caffeine.version>
         <cs.protobuf.version>3.25.5</cs.protobuf.version>
+        <cs.minio.version>8.6.0</cs.minio.version>
     </properties>
 
     <distributionManagement>
@@ -583,17 +584,17 @@
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-                <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
                 <version>${cs.bcprov.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-                <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
                 <version>${cs.bcprov.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-                <artifactId>bctls-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                <artifactId>bctls-jdk18on</artifactId>
                 <version>${cs.bcprov.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
@@ -668,6 +669,18 @@
                         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                         <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>bcutil-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
diff --git a/services/console-proxy/rdpconsole/pom.xml b/services/console-proxy/rdpconsole/pom.xml
index 058ea891f9cd..9e722be37a09 100644
--- a/services/console-proxy/rdpconsole/pom.xml
+++ b/services/console-proxy/rdpconsole/pom.xml
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@
         <!-- Another implementation of SSL protocol. Does not work with broken MS RDP SSL too. -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bctls-jdk15on</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>bctls-jdk18on</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.sun.xml.security</groupId>
diff --git a/utils/pom.xml b/utils/pom.xml
index 4b6e547e4519..775f5529d917 100755
--- a/utils/pom.xml
+++ b/utils/pom.xml
@@ -68,15 +68,15 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bctls-jdk15on</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>bctls-jdk18on</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.jcraft</groupId>