diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8fc5fa07..679b8fac 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ python-mimeparse==1.5.2
 python-openid==2.2.5
 python-social-auth==0.2.21
 pytz==2016.4
-PyYAML==3.11
+PyYAML==5.1
 requests==2.11.1
 requests-oauthlib==0.7.0
 sentry-sdk==0.14.3