diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c4acd9f..23f811e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.hierynomus</groupId>
       <artifactId>sshj</artifactId>
-      <version>0.38.0</version>
+      <version>0.39.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>