diff --git a/data/requirements.txt b/data/requirements.txt
index 22ac8a7..240fcf7 100644
--- a/data/requirements.txt
+++ b/data/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ pycparser==2.21
 PyGithub==1.57
 PyJWT==2.6.0
 PyNaCl==1.5.0
-PyYAML==6.0
 requests==2.28.2
 urllib3==1.26.14
 wrapt==1.14.1
diff --git a/data/update b/data/update
index 06048b0..fe9fbeb 100755
--- a/data/update
+++ b/data/update
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ import argparse
 import csv
 import github
 import jinja2
+import json
 import os
 import re
 import requests
-import yaml
 
 
 def get_packages():
@@ -191,16 +191,15 @@ def get_build_options(package_name):
 def update_recipes(packages):
     packages_recipes_dir = os.path.abspath("packages")
 
-    class Dumper(yaml.Dumper):
-        def increase_indent(self, flow=False, *args, **kwargs):
-            return super().increase_indent(flow=flow, indentless=False)
-
     for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(packages_recipes_dir):
         for file in filenames:
+            if not file.endswith(".json"):
+                continue
+
             path = os.path.join(dirpath, file)
 
             with open(path, "r") as rf:
-                package = yaml.safe_load(rf)
+                package = json.load(rf)
 
                 for p in packages:
                     if package["name"] == p["repository"]["name"]:
@@ -222,7 +221,7 @@ def update_recipes(packages):
                             del build_package["build-options"]
 
                         with open(path, "w") as wf:
-                            yaml.dump(build_package, wf, Dumper=Dumper, sort_keys=False)
+                            json.dump(build_package, wf, indent=2, sort_keys=False)
 
 
 def update_workflows(packages):