diff --git a/drivers/sshj/pom.xml b/drivers/sshj/pom.xml
index 4f2faf6aef..90b0466c5a 100644
--- a/drivers/sshj/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/sshj/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.hierynomus</groupId>
       <artifactId>sshj</artifactId>
-      <version>0.27.0</version>
+      <version>0.40.0</version>
       <exclusions>
         <!-- provided by the jclouds-bouncycastle driver -->
         <exclusion>