diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ef3b6a9..6b6da2d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ placebo==0.8.1
 psycopg2==2.7.3.2
 python-dateutil==2.6.1
 python-slugify==1.2.4
-PyYAML==3.12
+PyYAML==5.4
 requests==2.18.4
 s3transfer==0.1.12
 six==1.11.0