diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dff6aed21..ccbe19d6e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
       <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.9</version>
       <type>jar</type>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>