diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6c89da38..a7462ccb 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -268,6 +268,11 @@ configure(project(':common')) {
         compileOnly "org.projectlombok:lombok:$lombokVersion"
         annotationProcessor "org.projectlombok:lombok:$lombokVersion"
         testCompile "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all:$hamcrestVersion"
+
+        // override transitive dependency version from 1.5 to the same version just identified by commit number. 
+        // Remove this if transitive dependency is changed to something else than 1.5
+        compile( group: 'com.github.JesusMcCloud', name: 'jtorctl') { version { strictly "[9b5ba2036b]" } }
+
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle/witness/gradle-witness.gradle b/gradle/witness/gradle-witness.gradle
index 71f7c30b..f1548688 100644
--- a/gradle/witness/gradle-witness.gradle
+++ b/gradle/witness/gradle-witness.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencyVerification {
         'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:203cefdfa6c81e6aa84e11f292f29ca97344a3c3bc0293abea065cd837592873',
         'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:cc899cb6eae0c80b87d590eea86528797369cc4feb7b79463207d6bb18f0c257',
         'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:f2ca3c28ebded59c98447d51afe945323df961540af66a063c015597af936aa0',
-        'com.github.JesusMcCloud:jtorctl:6465e0b22b921344a065a6e82a5390ab2f9dac5ab293c38bd8a76baddead6492',
+        'com.github.JesusMcCloud:jtorctl:b2bdfe9758e4c82ff1b10e7c3098981bf55ea3e5f161ee7990ac125003a6cdbe',
         'com.github.bisq-network.netlayer:tor.external:e1d6b8fe73891207701c6b14317be789fd4acd25f7b499425d2471598d9a22ac',
         'com.github.bisq-network.netlayer:tor.native:aa3edf9c27071fdc2b7d55b00dbc7c6cd5dc9aa9f87aafa4be0805f818a466be',
         'com.github.bisq-network.netlayer:tor:37198bc56e8fe112f8c80441544a2b9731929dae586bda841a4a926fdc04f457',