diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a561e4634..5493052a8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc 0.2.67 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_json 1.0.48 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "ssh2 0.7.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "ssh2 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tempdir 0.3.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "vhost_rs 0.1.0",
  "vhost_user_backend 0.1.0",
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libssh2-sys"
-version = "0.2.14"
+version = "0.2.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "cc 1.0.50 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -824,12 +824,12 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ssh2"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.67 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "libssh2-sys 0.2.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "libssh2-sys 0.2.15 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "parking_lot 0.10.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum kvm-ioctls 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d99720f5df3814a7188f095ad6774775b7635dfdd62b7c091ce7e00a51c3c109"
 "checksum lazy_static 1.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 "checksum libc 0.2.67 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "eb147597cdf94ed43ab7a9038716637d2d1bf2bc571da995d0028dec06bd3018"
-"checksum libssh2-sys 0.2.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "36aa6e813339d3a063292b77091dfbbb6152ff9006a459895fa5bebed7d34f10"
+"checksum libssh2-sys 0.2.15 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "2b920f022ce0b459a5f27aa86c87c74510bad96f1d9169cfe1f7d2d2e7f1f10f"
 "checksum libz-sys 1.0.25 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "2eb5e43362e38e2bca2fd5f5134c4d4564a23a5c28e9b95411652021a8675ebe"
 "checksum linux-loader 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/rust-vmm/linux-loader)" = "<none>"
 "checksum lock_api 0.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "79b2de95ecb4691949fea4716ca53cdbcfccb2c612e19644a8bad05edcf9f47b"
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum signal-hook 0.1.13 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "10b9f3a1686a29f53cfd91ee5e3db3c12313ec02d33765f02c1a9645a1811e2c"
 "checksum signal-hook-registry 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "94f478ede9f64724c5d173d7bb56099ec3e2d9fc2774aac65d34b8b890405f41"
 "checksum smallvec 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "5c2fb2ec9bcd216a5b0d0ccf31ab17b5ed1d627960edff65bbe95d3ce221cefc"
-"checksum ssh2 0.7.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "26c31781ff1198791fb772771bca3ec962d7243cb8cad79818b2b38be8253e3c"
+"checksum ssh2 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "eb1a0bdfb47e1fa1eb80f67c7909cfddab49d4262025aa9e4f6e9c39ad77b482"
 "checksum strsim 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8ea5119cdb4c55b55d432abb513a0429384878c15dde60cc77b1c99de1a95a6a"
 "checksum syn 1.0.15 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7a0294dc449adc58bb6592fff1a23d3e5e6e235afc6a0ffca2657d19e7bbffe5"
 "checksum synstructure 0.12.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "67656ea1dc1b41b1451851562ea232ec2e5a80242139f7e679ceccfb5d61f545"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a135a2a77..ffeee2f5c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ vmm-sys-util = ">=0.3.1"
 vm-virtio = { path = "vm-virtio" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-ssh2 = "0.7.1"
+ssh2 = "0.8.0"
 dirs = "2.0.2"
 credibility = "0.1.3"
 tempdir= "0.3.7"