diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 69d1f03..cf84a4e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
       <artifactId>sshd-sftp</artifactId>
-      <version>2.9.2</version>
+      <version>2.12.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>