diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 514b2748f..cb301ce48 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ python-benedict==0.22.2
 python-dateutil==2.8.0
 python-slugify>=4.0.1
 pyxdg==0.26
-PyYAML==5.2
+PyYAML==5.4
 pytz==2020.4 
 pyzmq==20.0.0
 regex>=2020.11.13