diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index d7a54a26afe..0f865010fac 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ configurations.all {
     resolutionStrategy {
         force 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.18.4'
         force 'com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:2.18.4'
+        force 'org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on:1.86'
+        force 'org.bouncycastle:bcutil-jdk18on:1.86'
+        force 'org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on:1.86'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/core/src/jarFileTest/java/org/testcontainers/JarFileShadingTest.java b/core/src/jarFileTest/java/org/testcontainers/JarFileShadingTest.java
index 8b6f380f6eb..956e7909b7f 100644
--- a/core/src/jarFileTest/java/org/testcontainers/JarFileShadingTest.java
+++ b/core/src/jarFileTest/java/org/testcontainers/JarFileShadingTest.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ void testMetaInf() throws Exception {
                 "native-image",
                 "thirdparty-LICENSE",
                 "FastDoubleParser-NOTICE",
+                "LICENSE.md",
                 "FastDoubleParser-LICENSE"
             );
     }