diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f7698a4e..ee3fc653 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
                 <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-                <version>2.0</version>
+                <version>2.2</version>
             </dependency>
             <!-- due to https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8231581 OOTB JRE is not sufficient -->
             <dependency>