diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 67bba45a60..c3d652c8ad 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
         <artifactId>sshd-core</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0</version>
+        <version>2.7.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.mina</groupId>