diff --git a/schema_salad/java/main_utils/YamlUtils.java b/schema_salad/java/main_utils/YamlUtils.java
index cce5062f..190b8a1e 100644
--- a/schema_salad/java/main_utils/YamlUtils.java
+++ b/schema_salad/java/main_utils/YamlUtils.java
@@ -11,163 +11,19 @@
 import org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.api.LoadSettings;
 import org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.nodes.Tag;
 import org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.resolver.ScalarResolver;
-
-// Copied from org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.resolver.ResolverTuple because it was marked non-public
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2018, http://www.snakeyaml.org
- * <p>
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * <p>
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * <p>
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-final class ResolverTuple {
-	private final Tag tag;
-	private final Pattern regexp;
-
-	public ResolverTuple(Tag tag, Pattern regexp) {
-		Objects.requireNonNull(tag, "Tag must be provided");
-		Objects.requireNonNull(regexp, "regexp must be provided");
-		this.tag = tag;
-		this.regexp = regexp;
-	}
-
-	public Tag getTag() {
-		return tag;
-	}
-
-	public Pattern getRegexp() {
-		return regexp;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public String toString() {
-		return "Tuple tag=" + tag + " regexp=" + regexp;
-	}
-}
-
-
-// Adapted from org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.resolver.JsonScalarResolver
-// Not guaranteed to be complete coverage of the YAML 1.2 Core Schema
-// 2021-02-03 Supports 'True'/'False'/'TRUE','FALSE' as boolean; 'Null', 'NULL', an '~' as null
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2018, http://www.snakeyaml.org
- * <p>
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * <p>
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * <p>
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-class CoreScalarResolver implements ScalarResolver {
-	public final Pattern BOOL = Pattern.compile("^(?:true|false|True|False|TRUE|FALSE)$");
-	public static final Pattern FLOAT = Pattern
-			.compile("^(-?(0?\\.[0-9]+|[1-9][0-9]*(\\.[0-9]*)?)(e[-+]?[0-9]+)?)|-?\\.(?:inf)|\\.(?:nan)$"); // NOSONAR
-	public static final Pattern INT = Pattern.compile("^(?:-?(?:0|[1-9][0-9]*))$");
-	public static final Pattern NULL = Pattern.compile("^(?:null|Null|NULL|~)$");
-	public static final Pattern EMPTY = Pattern.compile("^$");
-
-	public static final Pattern ENV_FORMAT = Pattern
-			.compile("^\\$\\{\\s*((?<name>\\w+)((?<separator>:?(-|\\?))(?<value>\\w+)?)?)\\s*\\}$");
-
-	protected Map<Character, List<ResolverTuple>> yamlImplicitResolvers = new HashMap<Character, List<ResolverTuple>>();
-
-	public void addImplicitResolver(Tag tag, Pattern regexp, String first) {
-		if (first == null) {
-			List<ResolverTuple> curr = yamlImplicitResolvers.computeIfAbsent(null, c -> new ArrayList<ResolverTuple>());
-			curr.add(new ResolverTuple(tag, regexp));
-		} else {
-			char[] chrs = first.toCharArray();
-			for (int i = 0, j = chrs.length; i < j; i++) {
-				Character theC = Character.valueOf(chrs[i]);
-				if (theC == 0) {
-					// special case: for null
-					theC = null;
-				}
-				List<ResolverTuple> curr = yamlImplicitResolvers.get(theC);
-				if (curr == null) {
-					curr = new ArrayList<ResolverTuple>();
-					yamlImplicitResolvers.put(theC, curr);
-				}
-				curr.add(new ResolverTuple(tag, regexp));
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	protected void addImplicitResolvers() {
-		addImplicitResolver(Tag.NULL, EMPTY, null);
-		addImplicitResolver(Tag.BOOL, BOOL, "tfTF");
-		/*
-		 * INT must be before FLOAT because the regular expression for FLOAT matches INT
-		 * (see issue 130) http://code.google.com/p/snakeyaml/issues/detail?id=130
-		 */
-		addImplicitResolver(Tag.INT, INT, "-0123456789");
-		addImplicitResolver(Tag.FLOAT, FLOAT, "-0123456789.");
-		addImplicitResolver(Tag.NULL, NULL, "nN~\u0000");
-		addImplicitResolver(Tag.ENV_TAG, ENV_FORMAT, "$");
-	}
-
-	public CoreScalarResolver() {
-		addImplicitResolvers();
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public Tag resolve(String value, Boolean implicit) {
-		if (!implicit) {
-			return Tag.STR;
-		}
-		final List<ResolverTuple> resolvers;
-		if (value.length() == 0) {
-			resolvers = yamlImplicitResolvers.get('\0');
-		} else {
-			resolvers = yamlImplicitResolvers.get(value.charAt(0));
-		}
-		if (resolvers != null) {
-			for (ResolverTuple v : resolvers) {
-				Tag tag = v.getTag();
-				Pattern regexp = v.getRegexp();
-				if (regexp.matcher(value).matches()) {
-					return tag;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		if (yamlImplicitResolvers.containsKey(null)) {
-			for (ResolverTuple v : yamlImplicitResolvers.get(null)) {
-				Tag tag = v.getTag();
-				Pattern regexp = v.getRegexp();
-				if (regexp.matcher(value).matches()) {
-					return tag;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		return Tag.STR;
-	}
-}
+import org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.schema.CoreSchema;
 
 public class YamlUtils {
 
 	public static Map<String, Object> mapFromString(final String text) {
-		LoadSettings settings = LoadSettings.builder().setScalarResolver(new CoreScalarResolver()).build();
+		LoadSettings settings = LoadSettings.builder().setSchema(new CoreSchema()).build();
 		Load load = new Load(settings);
 		final Map<String, Object> result = (Map<String, Object>) load.loadFromString(text);
 		return result;
 	}
 
 	public static List<Object> listFromString(final String text) {
-		LoadSettings settings = LoadSettings.builder().setScalarResolver(new CoreScalarResolver()).build();
+		LoadSettings settings = LoadSettings.builder().setSchema(new CoreSchema()).build();
 		Load load = new Load(settings);
 		final List<Object> result = (List<Object>) load.loadFromString(text);
 		return result;
diff --git a/schema_salad/java/pom.xml b/schema_salad/java/pom.xml
index a51be6b4..e2894c76 100644
--- a/schema_salad/java/pom.xml
+++ b/schema_salad/java/pom.xml
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.8.2</version>
+          <version>3.0.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.8.1</version>
+          <version>3.10.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <release>11</release>
             <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.1</version>
+        <version>3.4.1</version>
         <configuration>
                 </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2.0</version>
+        <version>3.3.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <archive>
             <manifestFile>src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
@@ -117,25 +117,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.snakeyaml</groupId>
       <artifactId>snakeyaml-engine</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3</version>
+      <version>2.6</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>[2.13.2.1,)</version>
+      <version>2.14.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
-      <version>2.10.4</version>
+      <version>2.14.2</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <profiles>
     <profile>
-      <id>travis</id>
+      <id>github</id>
       <activation>
         <property>
-          <name>env.TRAVIS</name>
+          <name>env.CI</name>
           <value>true</value>
         </property>
       </activation>
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
             <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>0.8.7</version>
+            <version>0.8.8</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>prepare-agent</id>