diff --git a/project/BouncyCastlePlugin.scala b/project/BouncyCastlePlugin.scala
index f29137c..df7ac1f 100644
--- a/project/BouncyCastlePlugin.scala
+++ b/project/BouncyCastlePlugin.scala
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ object BouncyCastlePlugin extends AutoPlugin {
         sourceDirectory := (ThisBuild / baseDirectory).value / "core" / "src",
         libraryDependencies ++= {
           Seq(
-            "org.typelevel" %% "cats-core" % "2.9.0",
+            "org.typelevel" %% "cats-core" % "2.10.0",
             "org.typelevel" %% "cats-effect" % "3.5.1",
             "co.fs2" %% "fs2-core" % "3.8.0",
             "co.fs2" %% "fs2-io" % "3.8.0",