diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d1556d4f9..d4b0cbb2f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1151,9 +1151,9 @@ checksum = "fe0f37c9e8f3c5a4a66ad655a93c74daac4ad00c441533bf5c6e7990bb42604e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ssh2"
-version = "0.9.0"
+version = "0.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ed024de0a5e6944fe3080a3745e7a5649c5517ea2a6cfb16333f94f89c248985"
+checksum = "d876d4d57f6bbf2245d43f7ec53759461f801a446d3693704aa6d27b257844d7"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.2.1",
  "libc",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3ee3253d7..1e6f63500 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ clap = { version = "2.33.3", features = ["wrap_help"] }
 vhost_rs = { git = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/vhost", branch = "ch", package = "vhost", features = ["vhost-user-master", "vhost-user-slave"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-ssh2 = "0.9.0"
+ssh2 = "0.9.1"
 dirs = "3.0.1"
 credibility = "0.1.3"
 tempdir = "0.3.7"