diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 53151402d..f63b4490b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.mina</groupId>
                 <artifactId>mina-core</artifactId>
-                <version>2.0.23</version>
+                <version>2.2.3</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
diff --git a/sshd-mina/src/main/java/org/apache/sshd/mina/MinaService.java b/sshd-mina/src/main/java/org/apache/sshd/mina/MinaService.java
index d7606f51a..afe8e3864 100644
--- a/sshd-mina/src/main/java/org/apache/sshd/mina/MinaService.java
+++ b/sshd-mina/src/main/java/org/apache/sshd/mina/MinaService.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import org.apache.mina.core.session.IdleStatus;
 import org.apache.mina.core.session.IoSession;
 import org.apache.mina.core.session.IoSessionConfig;
+import org.apache.mina.filter.FilterEvent;
 import org.apache.mina.transport.socket.SocketSessionConfig;
 import org.apache.mina.transport.socket.nio.NioSession;
 import org.apache.sshd.common.FactoryManager;
@@ -131,6 +132,11 @@ public void inputClosed(IoSession session) throws Exception {
         session.closeNow();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void event(IoSession session, FilterEvent event) throws Exception {
+        // Empty handler
+    }
+
     protected void sessionCreated(IoSession session, SocketAddress acceptanceAddress) throws Exception {
         org.apache.sshd.common.io.IoSession ioSession = new MinaSession(this, session, acceptanceAddress);
         try {