diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 05cc164c..56dd6e0a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ path.py==2.4.1
 pep8==1.5.7
 pyPdf2==1.23
 python-bidi==0.3.4
-PyYAML==3.11
+PyYAML==5.4
 reportlab==3.1.44
 requests==2.3.0
 git+https://github.com/edx/opaque-keys.git@1254ed4d615a428591850656f39f26509b86d30a#egg=opaque-keys