diff --git a/cli/pom.xml b/cli/pom.xml
index ab57a95d9ffb..e09413f084fa 100644
--- a/cli/pom.xml
+++ b/cli/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
       <artifactId>sshd-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.0</version>
+      <version>2.12.0</version>
       <optional>true</optional> <!-- do not expose to core -->
     </dependency>
 	<!-- ed25519 algorithm, see JENKINS-45318 -->