diff --git a/build/build.properties b/build/build.properties
index d38dd09ee..4bb757e66 100644
--- a/build/build.properties
+++ b/build/build.properties
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ runwar.version=5.1.1
 # Need to log a ticket with JLine to fix this 
 jline.version=3.21.0
 jansi.version=2.4.1
-// TODO: There is a 6.x version of JGit, but I think it's not compat with Java 8
+# TODO: There is a 6.x version of JGit, but I think it's not compat with Java 8
 jgit.version=5.13.3.202401111512-r
 json-smart-mini.version=1.3.2
 
diff --git a/build/build.xml b/build/build.xml
index af91cc51a..a4ff4792f 100644
--- a/build/build.xml
+++ b/build/build.xml
@@ -1028,13 +1028,13 @@ External Dependencies:
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency groupId="org.eclipse.jgit" artifactId="org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.jsch" version="${jgit.version}" dest="${lib.dir}" repoId="jgit-repository" unzip="false" type="jar">
-			<exclusions>
-				<!-- Lucee already includes these jars -->
-				<exclusion groupId="org.slf4j" artifactId="slf4j-api" />
-				<exclusion groupId="org.apache.httpcomponents" artifactId="httpclient" />
-			</exclusions>
-		</dependency>
+               <dependency groupId="org.eclipse.jgit" artifactId="org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.apache" version="${jgit.version}" dest="${lib.dir}" repoId="jgit-repository" unzip="false" type="jar">
+                       <exclusions>
+                               <!-- Lucee already includes these jars -->
+                               <exclusion groupId="org.slf4j" artifactId="slf4j-api" />
+                               <exclusion groupId="org.apache.httpcomponents" artifactId="httpclient" />
+                       </exclusions>
+               </dependency>
 
 		<dependency groupId="com.beust" artifactId="jcommander" version="1.47" dest="${lib.dir}" type="jar" unzip="false"/>
 		<dependency groupId="net.minidev" artifactId="json-smart-mini" version="${json-smart-mini.version}" unzip="false" type="jar" dest="${lib.dir}"/>
diff --git a/src/java/com/ortussolutions/commandbox/jgit/GenericSessionFactory.java b/src/java/com/ortussolutions/commandbox/jgit/GenericSessionFactory.java
index 0f4e096ff..feee1aa39 100644
--- a/src/java/com/ortussolutions/commandbox/jgit/GenericSessionFactory.java
+++ b/src/java/com/ortussolutions/commandbox/jgit/GenericSessionFactory.java
@@ -9,19 +9,17 @@
 */
 package com.ortussolutions.commandbox.jgit;
 
-import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.JschConfigSessionFactory;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.OpenSshConfig;
-import com.jcraft.jsch.Session;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.sshd.SshdSessionFactory;
 
-public class GenericSessionFactory extends JschConfigSessionFactory {
+public class GenericSessionFactory extends SshdSessionFactory {
 
-	@Override
-	protected void configure( OpenSshConfig.Host host, Session session ) {
-		// This prevents users from having the host in "~/.ssh/known_hosts"
-		java.util.Properties config = new java.util.Properties();
-		config.put("StrictHostKeyChecking", "no");
-		session.setConfig( config );
-	}
+       /**
+        * Construct a session factory using the Apache MINA implementation.
+        * The default configuration matches the previous JSCH behavior of JGit.
+        */
+       public GenericSessionFactory() {
+               super();
+       }
 
 
 }
diff --git a/src/java/com/ortussolutions/commandbox/jgit/SSHCallback.java b/src/java/com/ortussolutions/commandbox/jgit/SSHCallback.java
index b4761abb0..7c5481f2b 100644
--- a/src/java/com/ortussolutions/commandbox/jgit/SSHCallback.java
+++ b/src/java/com/ortussolutions/commandbox/jgit/SSHCallback.java
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.TransportConfigCallback;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.*;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.sshd.SshdSessionFactory;
 import com.ortussolutions.commandbox.jgit.GenericSessionFactory;
 
 public class SSHCallback implements TransportConfigCallback {
 
 	public void configure(Transport transport) {
 
-		JschConfigSessionFactory genericSessionFactory = new GenericSessionFactory();
+		SshdSessionFactory genericSessionFactory = new GenericSessionFactory();
 
 		SshTransport sshTransport = ( SshTransport )transport;
 		sshTransport.setSshSessionFactory( genericSessionFactory );