diff --git a/core-plugins/pom.xml b/core-plugins/pom.xml
index 507c6bd0f..af1a29b5f 100644
--- a/core-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/core-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
       <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
       <artifactId>sshd-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.0</version>
+      <version>2.7.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>