diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1917c81..45a116a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pycparser==2.14
 pymongo==3.2.2
 python-dateutil==2.5.3
 pytz==2016.4
-PyYAML==3.11
+PyYAML==5.4
 raven==5.31.0
 regex==2016.6.24
 requests==2.10.0