diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ded394073..83546a7e7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1061,9 +1061,9 @@ checksum = "c7cb5678e1615754284ec264d9bb5b4c27d2018577fd90ac0ceb578591ed5ee4"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ssh2"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eb1a0bdfb47e1fa1eb80f67c7909cfddab49d4262025aa9e4f6e9c39ad77b482"
+checksum = "dd3183fb5dfacfd604fd33be6f581eb060a54d5fdc828d49b41de3c9309459a9"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.2.1",
  "libc",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8705f3f82..a418e554b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ vm-virtio = { path = "vm-virtio" }
 vhost_rs = { git = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/vhost", branch = "dragonball", package = "vhost", features = ["vhost-user-slave"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-ssh2 = "0.8.0"
+ssh2 = "0.8.1"
 dirs = "2.0.2"
 credibility = "0.1.3"
 tempdir= "0.3.7"