diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 6ce8c93d..68d1ebfc 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pyasn1==0.4.2
 pyasn1-modules==0.2.1
 python-dateutil==2.6.1
 pytz==2018.3
-PyYAML==3.12
+PyYAML==5.4
 requests==2.9.1
 rsa==3.4.2
 s3transfer==0.1.13