diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0d94cdc..c240324 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
       <artifactId>sshd-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.7.0</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
   	  <groupId>net.i2p.crypto</groupId>