diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 75e657a..226357e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pika==0.11.2
 jsonschema==2.6.0
 packaging==17.1
 gevent==1.2.2
-pyyaml==3.12
+pyyaml==5.4
 pytz==2018.4
 rasa_core_sdk~=0.11.0
 pymongo==3.5.1