diff --git a/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
index a9f1ef87..598fb341 100644
--- a/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.8.3/apache-maven-3.8.3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.8.4/apache-maven-3.8.4-bin.zip
 wrapperUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.5.6/maven-wrapper-0.5.6.jar
diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 1b2f0ce5..faf3c50e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+* [0.1.71](https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.1.71)
+  * Address [#98](https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/issues/98) by restoring JSch.VERSION
 * [0.1.70](https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.1.70)
   * Address [#89](https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/issues/89) by fixing rare ECDSA signature validation issue
   * Address [#93](https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/issues/93) by always setting the "want reply" flag for "env" type channel requests to false
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index acd0bc0c..1d2fec5d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
             <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
-            <version>1.69</version>
+            <version>1.70</version>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>5.8.1</version>
+            <version>5.8.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.6</version>
+            <version>1.2.7</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/jcraft/jsch/JSch.java b/src/main/java/com/jcraft/jsch/JSch.java
index d1684eff..10f10180 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/jcraft/jsch/JSch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/jcraft/jsch/JSch.java
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
 import java.util.Vector;
 
 public class JSch{
+  /**
+   * The version number.
+   */
+  public static final String VERSION  = Version.getVersion();
 
   static Hashtable<String, String> config=new Hashtable<>();
   static{