diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9fa94bc..dd34b8b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.sentrysoftware</groupId>
 	<artifactId>ssh</artifactId>
-	<version>1.1.00-SNAPSHOT</version>
-
 	<name>SSH Java Client</name>
+	<version>1.0.02-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<description>SSH Cilent Library for Java</description>
 
 	<organization>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/sentrysoftware/ssh/SshClient.java b/src/main/java/org/sentrysoftware/ssh/SshClient.java
index ab0dd8d..1ac77cd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/sentrysoftware/ssh/SshClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/sentrysoftware/ssh/SshClient.java
@@ -118,13 +118,24 @@ public void connect() throws IOException {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Connects the SSH Client to the SSH server
+	 * Connects the SSH client to the SSH server using the default SSH port (22).
+	 *
+	 * @param timeout Timeout in milliseconds
+	 * @throws IOException when connection fails or when the server does not respond (SocketTimeoutException)
+	 */
+	public void connect(final int timeout) throws IOException {
+		this.connect(timeout, 22);
+	}
 
+	/**
+	 *  Connects the SSH client to the SSH server using a specified SSH port.
+	 *
 	 * @param timeout Timeout in milliseconds
+	 * @param port SSH server port.
 	 * @throws IOException when connection fails or when the server does not respond (SocketTimeoutException)
 	 */
-	public void connect(int timeout) throws IOException {
-		sshConnection = new Connection(hostname);
+	public void connect(final int timeout, final int port) throws IOException {
+		sshConnection = new Connection(hostname, port);
 		sshConnection.connect(null, timeout, timeout);
 	}