diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 83d9fbdc..e61e8d20 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
         <version>3.4.0</version>
-        <relativePath /> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
     </parent>
 
     <scm>
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         <version.jbehave>5.0</version.jbehave>
         <version.jbehave-junit-support>5.0.1</version.jbehave-junit-support>
         <version.spockframework>2.4-M4-groovy-4.0</version.spockframework>
-        <version.sshj>0.39.0</version.sshj>
+        <version.sshj>0.40.0</version.sshj>
         <version.commons-text>1.12.0</version.commons-text>
         <version.commons-collections4>4.4</version.commons-collections4>
         <version.moxy>4.0.4</version.moxy>