diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2a69d5c14..06b23660d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1201,9 +1201,9 @@ checksum = "fbee7696b84bbf3d89a1c2eccff0850e3047ed46bfcd2e92c29a2d074d57e252"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ssh2"
-version = "0.8.2"
+version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ba56d741dab9a295bcb131ebfbe57f8fea2e1b7ae203e9184f5d7648213e4460"
+checksum = "8c516996bbb84de5dba6e118406c1e1429111cfb4d844e20e1290e5b6ebe6ad5"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.2.1",
  "libc",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4a512b002..8bd56a433 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ kvm-ioctls = { git = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/kvm-ioctls", branch =
 kvm-bindings = { git = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/kvm-bindings", branch = "ch", features = ["with-serde", "fam-wrappers"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-ssh2 = "0.8.2"
+ssh2 = "0.8.3"
 dirs = "3.0.1"
 credibility = "0.1.3"
 tempdir = "0.3.7"