diff --git a/jcore-pmc-reader/pom.xml b/jcore-pmc-reader/pom.xml
index 77f3fad9..d23d66f9 100644
--- a/jcore-pmc-reader/pom.xml
+++ b/jcore-pmc-reader/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
             <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-            <version>1.32</version>
+            <version>2.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>