diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bc64508..768cc98 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 boto3>=1.4.7
 botocore>=1.8.26
-PyYAML==3.12
+PyYAML==5.4
 invoke==0.14.0
 Jinja2==2.8
 pynt==0.8.1
diff --git a/requirements_test.txt b/requirements_test.txt
index df2a1da..d7ec926 100644
--- a/requirements_test.txt
+++ b/requirements_test.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 boto3>=1.4.7
 botocore>=1.8.26
-PyYAML==3.12
+PyYAML==5.4
 invoke==0.14.0
 Jinja2==2.8
 pynt==0.8.1