diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 829c973..0694986 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ pytz==2019.1
 PyVCF==0.6.8
 PyWavelets==0.5.1
 pyxdg==0.25
-PyYAML==3.13
+PyYAML==5.4
 pyzmq==17.1.2
 quodlibet==4.2.1
 rdflib==4.2.2