diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9ddf55481..c6709cde5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
             <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
             <version>1.78.1</version>
+            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -746,6 +747,16 @@
                                     <mainClass>org.openjdk.jmh.Main</mainClass>
                                 </transformer>
                             </transformers>
+                            <filters>
+                                <filter>
+                                    <artifact>*:*</artifact>
+                                    <excludes>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
+                                    </excludes>
+                                </filter>
+                            </filters>
                         </configuration>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>