diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/build.gradle b/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/build.gradle
index 185c02467f..9763bca188 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/build.gradle
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/build.gradle
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'software.amazon.awssdk:apache-client'
 
     testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-inline:4.1.0'
-    testImplementation 'org.yaml:snakeyaml:2.0'
+    testImplementation 'org.yaml:snakeyaml:2.2'
     testImplementation testLibs.spring.test
     testImplementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:2.15.2'
     testImplementation project(':data-prepper-test-common')