diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d9312a066a..6bef746287 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
         <artifactId>sshd-core</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0</version>
+        <version>2.17.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.mina</groupId>