--- a/java/com/gitlab/pdftk_java/com/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfPKCS7.java
+++ b/java/com/gitlab/pdftk_java/com/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfPKCS7.java
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ public class PdfPKCS7 {
             ASN1TaggedObject tagsig = (ASN1TaggedObject)signerInfo.getObjectAt(next);
             ASN1Sequence sseq = (ASN1Sequence)tagsig.getObject();
             ByteArrayOutputStream bOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream();            
-            ASN1OutputStream dout = new ASN1OutputStream(bOut);
+            ASN1OutputStream dout = ASN1OutputStream.create(bOut);
             try {
                 ASN1EncodableVector attribute = new ASN1EncodableVector();
                 for (int k = 0; k < sseq.size(); ++k) {
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ public class PdfPKCS7 {
                 digest = sig.sign();
             ByteArrayOutputStream   bOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
             
-            ASN1OutputStream dout = new ASN1OutputStream(bOut);
+            ASN1OutputStream dout = ASN1OutputStream.create(bOut);
             dout.writeObject(new DEROctetString(digest));
             dout.close();
             
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ public class PdfPKCS7 {
             
             ByteArrayOutputStream   bOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
             
-            ASN1OutputStream dout = new ASN1OutputStream(bOut);
+            ASN1OutputStream dout = ASN1OutputStream.create(bOut);
             dout.writeObject(new DERSequence(whole));
             dout.close();
             
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ public class PdfPKCS7 {
             attribute.add(new DERSequence(v));
             ByteArrayOutputStream   bOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
             
-            ASN1OutputStream dout = new ASN1OutputStream(bOut);
+            ASN1OutputStream dout = ASN1OutputStream.create(bOut);
             dout.writeObject(new DERSet(attribute));
             dout.close();