diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index c082e8a05..abbb02ca7 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   "org.apache.commons"        % "commons-email"                % "1.6.0",
   "commons-net"               % "commons-net"                  % "3.12.0",
   "org.apache.httpcomponents" % "httpclient"                   % "4.5.14",
-  "org.apache.sshd"           % "apache-sshd"                  % "2.16.0" exclude ("org.slf4j", "slf4j-jdk14") exclude (
+  "org.apache.sshd"           % "apache-sshd"                  % "2.17.1" exclude ("org.slf4j", "slf4j-jdk14") exclude (
     "org.apache.sshd",
     "sshd-mina"
   ) exclude ("org.apache.sshd", "sshd-netty")