diff --git a/yaml/pom.xml b/yaml/pom.xml
index 4cce70c4..88624abb 100644
--- a/yaml/pom.xml
+++ b/yaml/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
       <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-      <version>1.23</version>
+      <version>1.26</version>
     </dependency>
 
      <!-- and for testing need annotations -->