diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bda8defb6..22fe9fa1c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -543,9 +543,9 @@ checksum = "9457b06509d27052635f90d6466700c65095fdf75409b3fbdd903e988b886f49"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libssh2-sys"
-version = "0.2.17"
+version = "0.2.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d45f516b9b19ea6c940b9f36d36734062a153a2b4cc9ef31d82c54bb9780f525"
+checksum = "eafa907407504b0e683786d4aba47acf250f114d37357d56608333fd167dd0fc"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
@@ -1148,9 +1148,9 @@ checksum = "c7cb5678e1615754284ec264d9bb5b4c27d2018577fd90ac0ceb578591ed5ee4"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ssh2"
-version = "0.8.1"
+version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dd3183fb5dfacfd604fd33be6f581eb060a54d5fdc828d49b41de3c9309459a9"
+checksum = "ba56d741dab9a295bcb131ebfbe57f8fea2e1b7ae203e9184f5d7648213e4460"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.2.1",
  "libc",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1b554bfdc..e8b469ad0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ vhost_rs = { git = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/vhost", branch = "dragon
 vm-memory = { git = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/vm-memory", branch = "ch" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-ssh2 = "0.8.1"
+ssh2 = "0.8.2"
 dirs = "2.0.2"
 credibility = "0.1.3"
 tempdir= "0.3.7"