diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4131c97..6099b84 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 prometheus_client==0.0.21
 python-json-logger==0.1.5
-PyYAML==3.12
+PyYAML==5.4
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bb4a438..aa304f4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   keywords=['prometheus', 'exporter'],
   classifiers=[],
   python_requires=' >= 3',
-  install_requires=['prometheus_client==0.0.21', 'python-json-logger==0.1.5', 'PyYAML==3.12'],
+  install_requires=['prometheus_client==0.0.21', 'python-json-logger==0.1.5', 'PyYAML==5.4'],
   entry_points={
     'console_scripts': [
       'prometheus-file-content-exporter = prometheus_file_content_exporter.main:main',