diff --git a/cli/pom.xml b/cli/pom.xml
index c0c4be6b23906910442eac0f82dadbd42876fdd4..a486cdf879fc6f81a1063a3c3f39ac451276f1d4 100644
--- a/cli/pom.xml
+++ b/cli/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
       <artifactId>sshd-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.0</version>
+      <version>1.7.0</version>
       <optional>true</optional> <!-- do not expose to core -->
     </dependency>
     <dependency>