diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index bd4b66e61..abbfaf4b4 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ ext.versions = [
     "okhttp": "4.9.3", // specify this for the SDK build instead of relying on the transitive dependency from okhttp-eventsource
     "okhttpEventsource": "4.1.0",
     "slf4j": "1.7.21",
-    "snakeyaml": "1.32",
+    "snakeyaml": "2.0",
     "jedis": "2.9.0"
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/launchdarkly/sdk/server/integrations/FileDataSourceParsing.java b/src/main/java/com/launchdarkly/sdk/server/integrations/FileDataSourceParsing.java
index c6eb2f294..9571c4481 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/launchdarkly/sdk/server/integrations/FileDataSourceParsing.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/launchdarkly/sdk/server/integrations/FileDataSourceParsing.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public FlagFileRep parseJson(JsonElement tree) throws FileDataException, IOExcep
    * </ul>
    */
   static final class YamlFlagFileParser extends FlagFileParser {
-    private static final Yaml yaml = new Yaml(new SafeConstructor(), new Representer());
+    private static final Yaml yaml = new Yaml();
       // Using SafeConstructor disables instantiation of arbitrary classes - https://github.com/launchdarkly/java-server-sdk/issues/288
     private static final Gson gson = new Gson();
     private static final JsonFlagFileParser jsonFileParser = new JsonFlagFileParser();