diff --git a/changelog.html b/changelog.html
index 9fc50a1d62..b821b46f97 100644
--- a/changelog.html
+++ b/changelog.html
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ Upcoming changes</a>
 <!-- Record your changes in the trunk here. -->
 <div id="trunk" style="display:none"><!--=TRUNK-BEGIN=-->
 <ul class=image>
-  <li class=>
+  <li class=bug>
+    Updated SSH Slaves plugin to 1.8.
 </ul>
 </div><!--=TRUNK-END=-->
 
diff --git a/war/pom.xml b/war/pom.xml
index 4e5530058e..8dc26984b0 100644
--- a/war/pom.xml
+++ b/war/pom.xml
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
                 <artifactItem>
                   <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
                   <artifactId>ssh-slaves</artifactId>
-                  <version>1.5</version>
+                  <version>1.8</version>
                   <type>hpi</type>
                 </artifactItem>
                 <artifactItem>