diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2a247efc..c930c2ba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <artifactId>sshd-core</artifactId>
             <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
-            <version>2.17.1</version>
+            <version>2.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <artifactId>avro-tools</artifactId>