diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f482b5b..9f6aeaa 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pylint==1.9.2
 python-coveralls==2.9.1
 python-dateutil==2.7.3
 python-editor==1.0.3
-PyYAML==3.12
+PyYAML==5.1
 requests==2.19.1
 six==1.11.0
 SQLAlchemy==1.2.8