diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0b2797208..b0d44ea8b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ python-apt==1.6.3+ubuntu1
 python-debian==0.1.32
 pytz==2018.3
 pyxdg==0.25
-PyYAML==3.12
+PyYAML==5.4
 reportlab==3.4.0
 requests==2.18.4
 requests-unixsocket==0.1.5