diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index efaf27bb6c..b014562833 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>ssh-agent</artifactId>
-      <version>1.20</version>
+      <version>1.24.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <!-- conflict with sshd module -->