diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b3b28c..e057ec3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 
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-## 0.81.1 (July 3rd, 2018; private key passphrase prompts)
+## 0.81.2 (July 3rd, 2018; private key passphrase prompts)
 
 * added `alwaysAskForPrivateKeyPassphrase` and `askForPrivateKeyPassphrase` settings for [SFTP](https://github.com/mkloubert/vscode-deploy-reloaded/wiki/target_sftp) targets ... s. [issue #71](https://github.com/mkloubert/vscode-deploy-reloaded/issues/71)
+* fixed bug, which freezes the extension, when pulling 0 byte files from [SFTP server](https://github.com/mkloubert/vscode-deploy-reloaded/wiki/target_sftp) ... s. [issue #82](https://github.com/mkloubert/vscode-deploy-reloaded/issues/82)
 
 ## 0.80.1 (July 2nd, 2018; bugfix pull files from SFTP)
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8ed7700..683751e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "vscode-deploy-reloaded",
-    "version": "0.81.1",
+    "version": "0.81.2",
     "lockfileVersion": 1,
     "requires": true,
     "dependencies": {
@@ -5493,9 +5493,9 @@
             }
         },
         "ssh2-sftp-client": {
-            "version": "2.3.0",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ssh2-sftp-client/-/ssh2-sftp-client-2.3.0.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-q+e0bsbvuy+vNyPLN75DUWVpBqxVf5NCvz2LL9EzRbw80v4KqcYfXkQAxdDKN3yecxmmc3LrxkyoHYn7W9KmFg==",
+            "version": "2.2.1",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ssh2-sftp-client/-/ssh2-sftp-client-2.2.1.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-lYJAatmaegu1tQC7HdxnG33MOXFiOFsd8CWXG7XN6XUUseOUpi2DQ6q4j8Y4fd3cU/fBSiUZC2cbnJ9aSqrOIQ==",
             "requires": {
                 "ssh2": "^0.5.5"
             }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 904c742..d1abc0b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  "name": "vscode-deploy-reloaded",
  "displayName": "Deploy (Reloaded)",
  "description": "Deploys files of a workspace to a destination.",
- "version": "0.81.1",
+ "version": "0.81.2",
  "publisher": "mkloubert",
  "engines": {
   "vscode": "^1.24.0"
@@ -72089,7 +72089,7 @@
   "pug": "^2.0.3",
   "random-float": "^1.0.0",
   "sanitize-filename": "^1.6.1",
-  "ssh2-sftp-client": "^2.3.0",
+  "ssh2-sftp-client": "2.2.1",
   "tmp": "0.0.33",
   "uglify-js": "^3.4.2",
   "uuid": "^3.3.2",