diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c0907cb..cb39b97 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "eslint-import-resolver-node": "0.3.7",
     "eslint-config-airbnb-base": "^14.2.1",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.26.0",
-    "js-yaml": "^3.12.0",
+    "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
     "mocha": "^6.2.3",
     "nyc": "^14.1.1",
     "rimraf": "^2.5.2",
diff --git a/scripts/check-node-support.js b/scripts/check-node-support.js
index 6b0f6b6..94ad67b 100755
--- a/scripts/check-node-support.js
+++ b/scripts/check-node-support.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ try {
 
   var githubActionsFileName = path.join(__dirname, '..', '.github', 'workflows',
     'main.yml');
-  var githubActionsYaml = yaml.safeLoad(shell.cat(githubActionsFileName));
+  var githubActionsYaml = yaml.load(shell.cat(githubActionsFileName));
   checkGithubActions(MIN_NODE_VERSION, MAX_NODE_VERSION, githubActionsYaml);
 
   console.log('All files look good (this project supports v'