diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cec7d3d23f..4a30e2c99d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
         <artifactId>sshd-core</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0</version>
+        <version>2.9.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.mina</groupId>