diff --git a/file_transfer-ftp/setup.py b/file_transfer-ftp/setup.py
index f1dd4bed1..1127f7920 100644
--- a/file_transfer-ftp/setup.py
+++ b/file_transfer-ftp/setup.py
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
     packages=find_packages(),
     install_requires=[
         'paramiko==2.2.1',
-        'PyYAML==3.12',
+        'PyYAML==5.4',
     ],
 )