diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index e3e7c1c60d0fe..dcf3d74a96e77 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ jacksonDatatypeJsr310 = { module = "com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datat
 jacksonModuleKotlin = { module = "com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-kotlin", version.ref = "jackson" }
 jakartaMail = { module = "com.sun.mail:jakarta.mail", version.ref = "jakartaMail" }
 jgit = { module = "org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit", version.ref = "jgit" }
+jgitSshApache = { module = "org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.apache", version.ref = "jgit" }
 jgitSshApacheAgent = { module = "org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.apache.agent", version.ref = "jgit" }
 jiraRestClientApi = { module = "com.atlassian.jira:jira-rest-java-client-api", version.ref = "jiraRestClient" }
 jiraRestClientApp = { module = "com.atlassian.jira:jira-rest-java-client-app", version.ref = "jiraRestClient" }
diff --git a/plugins/version-control-systems/git/build.gradle.kts b/plugins/version-control-systems/git/build.gradle.kts
index e6b0482fd2838..fade44d6ac25a 100644
--- a/plugins/version-control-systems/git/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugins/version-control-systems/git/build.gradle.kts
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(project(":utils:ort-utils"))
 
     implementation(libs.jgit)
-    implementation(libs.jgitSshApacheAgent) {
+    implementation(libs.jgitSshApache)
+
+    runtimeOnly(libs.jgitSshApacheAgent) {
         exclude(group = "org.apache.sshd", module = "sshd-sftp")
             .because("it is not required for cloning via SSH and causes issues with GraalVM native images")
     }