diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9809fd1..79e2be2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ requests==2.11.1
 pyOpenSSL==16.1.0
 service_identity==16.0.0
 rainbow_logging_handler==2.2.2
-pyyaml==3.12
+pyyaml==5.4
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b1b102f..53677c3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     'autobahn[twisted]==0.17.1',
     'pyOpenSSL==16.1.0',
     'service_identity==16.0.0',
-    'pyyaml==3.12',
+    'pyyaml==5.4',
     'rainbow_logging_handler==2.2.2'
 ]