diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5954e5dbec..9dee0fe087 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ go 1.18
 
 require (
 	golang.org/x/net v0.21.0 // tagx:ignore
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0
-	golang.org/x/term v0.17.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0
+	golang.org/x/term v0.18.0
 )
 
 require golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 70b680b428..e8784c3e2e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 golang.org/x/net v0.21.0 h1:AQyQV4dYCvJ7vGmJyKki9+PBdyvhkSd8EIx/qb0AYv4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.21.0/go.mod h1:bIjVDfnllIU7BJ2DNgfnXvpSvtn8VRwhlsaeUTyUS44=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0 h1:25cE3gD+tdBA7lp7QfhuV+rJiE9YXTcS3VG1SqssI/Y=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
-golang.org/x/term v0.17.0 h1:mkTF7LCd6WGJNL3K1Ad7kwxNfYAW6a8a8QqtMblp/4U=
-golang.org/x/term v0.17.0/go.mod h1:lLRBjIVuehSbZlaOtGMbcMncT+aqLLLmKrsjNrUguwk=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0 h1:DBdB3niSjOA/O0blCZBqDefyWNYveAYMNF1Wum0DYQ4=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/term v0.18.0 h1:FcHjZXDMxI8mM3nwhX9HlKop4C0YQvCVCdwYl2wOtE8=
+golang.org/x/term v0.18.0/go.mod h1:ILwASektA3OnRv7amZ1xhE/KTR+u50pbXfZ03+6Nx58=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 h1:ScX5w1eTa3QqT8oi6+ziP7dTV1S2+ALU0bI+0zXKWiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
diff --git a/ssh/test/session_test.go b/ssh/test/session_test.go
index 7925e95278..e9bfa9ec27 100644
--- a/ssh/test/session_test.go
+++ b/ssh/test/session_test.go
@@ -357,11 +357,6 @@ func testOneCipher(t *testing.T, cipher string, cipherOrder []string) {
 
 	numBytes := 4096
 
-	// Exercise sending data to the server
-	if _, _, err := conn.Conn.SendRequest("drop-me", false, make([]byte, numBytes)); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("SendRequest: %v", err)
-	}
-
 	// Exercise receiving data from the server
 	session, err := conn.NewSession()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -377,6 +372,11 @@ func testOneCipher(t *testing.T, cipher string, cipherOrder []string) {
 	if len(out) != numBytes {
 		t.Fatalf("got %d bytes, want %d bytes", len(out), numBytes)
 	}
+
+	// Exercise sending data to the server
+	if _, _, err := conn.Conn.SendRequest("drop-me", false, make([]byte, numBytes)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SendRequest: %v", err)
+	}
 }
 
 var deprecatedCiphers = []string{