diff --git a/libraries-io/pom.xml b/libraries-io/pom.xml
index 08ad0afc3f..7464b9a507 100644
--- a/libraries-io/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-io/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- sftp -->
         <jsch.version>0.1.55</jsch.version>
-        <sshj.version>0.27.0</sshj.version>
+        <sshj.version>0.37.0</sshj.version>
         <vfs.version>2.4</vfs.version>
         <zip4j.version>2.9.0</zip4j.version>
         <opencsv.version>5.8</opencsv.version>
diff --git a/libraries-io/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java/io/remote/SftpFileTransferLiveTest.java b/libraries-io/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java/io/remote/SftpFileTransferLiveTest.java
index 5846128082..81c6cb556c 100644
--- a/libraries-io/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java/io/remote/SftpFileTransferLiveTest.java
+++ b/libraries-io/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java/io/remote/SftpFileTransferLiveTest.java
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ import net.schmizz.sshj.transport.verification.PromiscuousVerifier;
 
 public class SftpFileTransferLiveTest {
 
-    private String remoteHost = "HOST_NAME_HERE";
-    private String username = "USERNAME_HERE";
-    private String password = "PASSWORD_HERE";
-    private String localFile = "src/main/resources/input.txt";
-    private String remoteFile = "welcome.txt";
-    private String localDir = "src/main/resources/";
-    private String remoteDir = "remote_sftp_test/";
-    private String knownHostsFileLoc = "/Users/USERNAME/known_hosts_sample";
+    private final String remoteHost = "HOST_NAME_HERE";
+    private final String username = "USERNAME_HERE";
+    private final String password = "PASSWORD_HERE";
+    private final String localFile = "src/main/resources/input.txt";
+    private final String remoteFile = "welcome.txt";
+    private final String localDir = "src/main/resources/";
+    private final String remoteDir = "remote_sftp_test/";
+    private final String knownHostsFileLoc = "/Users/USERNAME/known_hosts_sample";
 
     @Test
     public void whenUploadFileUsingJsch_thenSuccess() throws JSchException, SftpException {
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ public class SftpFileTransferLiveTest {
         client.addHostKeyVerifier(new PromiscuousVerifier());
         client.connect(remoteHost);
         client.authPassword(username, password);
+        client.useCompression();
         return client;
     }