diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c6b826a..f7e187d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
             <artifactId>sshd-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3.0</version>
+            <version>2.7.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
    </dependencies>