diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 04399465..7428cdf6 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/sftp/v2/encoding/ssh/filexfer/openssh"
 	"github.com/pkg/sftp/v2/internal/pragma"
 	"github.com/pkg/sftp/v2/internal/sync"
-
-	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
 )
 
 type result struct {
@@ -579,9 +577,24 @@ func (cl *Client) getDataBuf(size int) []byte {
 	return hint[:size] // trim our buffer to length, it might be longer than chunkSize.
 }
 
+type SSHSession interface {
+	StdinPipe() (io.WriteCloser, error)
+	StdoutPipe() (io.Reader, error)
+	StderrPipe() (io.Reader, error)
+
+	RequestSubsystem(subsystem string) error
+
+	Close() error
+	Wait() error
+}
+
+type SSHClient[Session SSHSession] interface {
+	NewSession() (Session, error)
+}
+
 // NewClient creates a new SFTP client on conn.
 // The context is only used during initialization, and handshake.
-func NewClient(ctx context.Context, conn *ssh.Client, opts ...ClientOption) (*Client, error) {
+func NewClient[CL SSHClient[SESS], SESS SSHSession](ctx context.Context, conn CL, opts ...ClientOption) (*Client, error) {
 	s, err := conn.NewSession()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/examples/go.mod b/examples/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4de3f46e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module github.com/pkg/sftp/v2/examples
+
+go 1.25
+
+require (
+	github.com/pkg/sftp/v2 v2.0.0-alpha
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.36.0
+)
+
+require golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0 // indirect
+
+replace github.com/pkg/sftp/v2 => ..
diff --git a/examples/go.sum b/examples/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a64a716
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.36.0 h1:AnAEvhDddvBdpY+uR+MyHmuZzzNqXSe/GvuDeob5L34=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.36.0/go.mod h1:Y4J0ReaxCR1IMaabaSMugxJES1EpwhBHhv2bDHklZvc=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0 h1:ioabZlmFYtWhL+TRYpcnNlLwhyxaM9kWTDEmfnprqik=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
+golang.org/x/term v0.30.0 h1:PQ39fJZ+mfadBm0y5WlL4vlM7Sx1Hgf13sMIY2+QS9Y=
+golang.org/x/term v0.30.0/go.mod h1:NYYFdzHoI5wRh/h5tDMdMqCqPJZEuNqVR5xJLd/n67g=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2f7fdbd2..c2aad17d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@ go 1.25
 
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.36.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8a64a716..c578409b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.36.0 h1:AnAEvhDddvBdpY+uR+MyHmuZzzNqXSe/GvuDeob5L34=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.36.0/go.mod h1:Y4J0ReaxCR1IMaabaSMugxJES1EpwhBHhv2bDHklZvc=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0 h1:ioabZlmFYtWhL+TRYpcnNlLwhyxaM9kWTDEmfnprqik=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
-golang.org/x/term v0.30.0 h1:PQ39fJZ+mfadBm0y5WlL4vlM7Sx1Hgf13sMIY2+QS9Y=
-golang.org/x/term v0.30.0/go.mod h1:NYYFdzHoI5wRh/h5tDMdMqCqPJZEuNqVR5xJLd/n67g=