diff --git a/plugin/pom.xml b/plugin/pom.xml
index 2a0d0646..b3eb9210 100644
--- a/plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/plugin/pom.xml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
             <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3</version>
+            <version>2.4</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- The following dependency might be an upgrade/replacement for jaxb.xml.bind.JAXBContext,