diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ce8375d..e222e9e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pynamodb==3.2.1
 python-dateutil==2.6.1
 python-jose==2.0.2
 python-slugify==1.2.4
-PyYAML==3.12
+PyYAML==5.4
 requests==2.18.4
 s3transfer==0.1.12
 six==1.11.0