diff --git a/bbconf/config_parser/bedbaseconfig.py b/bbconf/config_parser/bedbaseconfig.py
index e30397e..ef9db9e 100644
--- a/bbconf/config_parser/bedbaseconfig.py
+++ b/bbconf/config_parser/bedbaseconfig.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def _read_config_file(config_path: str) -> ConfigFile:
             Parsed ConfigFile object.
         """
 
-        _config = yacman.YAMLConfigManager(filepath=config_path).exp
+        _config = yacman.YAMLConfigManager.from_yaml_file(filepath=config_path).exp
 
         config_dict = {}
         for field_name, annotation in ConfigFile.model_fields.items():
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 79cac91..a5fe3fc 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html) and [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) format.
 
+
+### [0.14.12] - 2026-04-22
+### Changed:
+- Updated yacman version to 2.0.0
+
+
 ### [0.14.11] - 2026-04-15
 ### Fixed:
 - External id search
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fde706c..fba05bd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "bbconf"
-version = "0.14.11"
+version = "0.14.12"
 description = "Configuration and data management tool for BEDbase"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BSD-2-Clause"
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Bio-Informatics",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "yacman == 0.9.4",
+    "yacman >= 1.0.0",
     "sqlalchemy >= 2.0.0",
     "gtars >= 0.5.3",
     "geniml[ml] >= 0.8.4",