diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index c9db5e8..6944338 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     deps = [
         ":events-log__plugin",
         "@events-log_plugin_deps//:com_zaxxer_HikariCP",
-        "@events-log_plugin_deps//:org_bouncycastle_bcpg_jdk18on",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 70b7fa2..2f688c9 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -32,15 +32,15 @@
     name = "events-log_plugin_deps",
     artifacts = [
         "com.zaxxer:HikariCP:5.1.0",
-        # Required only for tests in standalone build mode. In Gerrit tree mode,
-        # this dependency is provided transitively by the acceptance framework.
-        "org.bouncycastle:bcpg-jdk18on:1.83",
     ],
     duplicate_version_warning = "error",
     excluded_artifacts = [
         # Gerrit core already provides slf4j-api. Exclude it here to avoid
         # bundling duplicate classes or causing runtime version conflicts.
         "org.slf4j:slf4j-api",
+        "org.bouncycastle:bcpg-jdk18on",
+        "org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on",
+        "org.bouncycastle:bcutil-jdk18on",
     ],
     fail_if_repin_required = True,
     fail_on_missing_checksum = True,
diff --git a/events-log_plugin_deps.lock.json b/events-log_plugin_deps.lock.json
index bbe3569..da823ec 100644
--- a/events-log_plugin_deps.lock.json
+++ b/events-log_plugin_deps.lock.json
@@ -2,19 +2,15 @@
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     "com.zaxxer:HikariCP": -1716240896,
-    "org.bouncycastle:bcpg-jdk18on": 235240928,
+    "org.bouncycastle:bcpg-jdk18on": 1081280574,
+    "org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on": -2812240,
+    "org.bouncycastle:bcutil-jdk18on": -959681207,
     "org.slf4j:slf4j-api": 2145585153,
     "repositories": -1949687017
   },
   "__RESOLVED_ARTIFACTS_HASH": {
     "com.zaxxer:HikariCP": -89325074,
-    "com.zaxxer:HikariCP:jar:sources": -2072681843,
-    "org.bouncycastle:bcpg-jdk18on": 1472652726,
-    "org.bouncycastle:bcpg-jdk18on:jar:sources": -1811198484,
-    "org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on": 1775002659,
-    "org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on:jar:sources": -1585504180,
-    "org.bouncycastle:bcutil-jdk18on": 2088191088,
-    "org.bouncycastle:bcutil-jdk18on:jar:sources": -297807544
+    "com.zaxxer:HikariCP:jar:sources": -2072681843
   },
   "artifacts": {
     "com.zaxxer:HikariCP": {
@@ -23,38 +19,9 @@
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       },
       "version": "5.1.0"
-    },
-    "org.bouncycastle:bcpg-jdk18on": {
-      "shasums": {
-        "jar": "4077fd4517761c98a81944c70a376ce73f4eb3e44c03db1eb5d699fc28ab48aa",
-        "sources": "fd5057e4ae59e8ac68917e6bf865ad92c335ec9e8b0fd973e0bb82f7d8e9d79b"
-      },
-      "version": "1.83"
-    },
-    "org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on": {
-      "shasums": {
-        "jar": "82cf3a2af766c3bc874f6d36b9f20a8b99a8f09762dc776e8a227a45d8daaafb",
-        "sources": "0c335c8d599b92e264f4591087ca104615de0339bbba46ecc3a51af032de0b16"
-      },
-      "version": "1.83"
-    },
-    "org.bouncycastle:bcutil-jdk18on": {
-      "shasums": {
-        "jar": "ee7d0eb4e74de70a735f7fb36b604dd5c6ad35720d50b914604db042114a0185",
-        "sources": "935984a8b1d1893dd033a9f237b85898bcfa6ae7890a214f10bade935cd3536f"
-      },
-      "version": "1.83"
     }
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-  "dependencies": {
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-      "org.bouncycastle:bcutil-jdk18on"
-    ],
-    "org.bouncycastle:bcutil-jdk18on": [
-      "org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on"
-    ]
-  },
+  "dependencies": {},
   "packages": {
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       "com.zaxxer.hikari",
@@ -75,289 +42,14 @@
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-      "org.bouncycastle.openpgp.jcajce",
-      "org.bouncycastle.openpgp.operator",
-      "org.bouncycastle.openpgp.operator.bc",
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