diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 39112c3..8fa3142 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pymitter==0.2.3
 python-consul==0.7.2
 python-dateutil==2.7.2
 pytz==2018.4
-PyYAML==4.2b1
+PyYAML==5.4
 raven==6.7.0
 redis==2.10.6
 requests==2.25.1
diff --git a/test_requirements.txt b/test_requirements.txt
index cfaef58..a5e3d49 100644
--- a/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/test_requirements.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pyparsing==2.2.0
 python-consul==0.7.2
 python-dateutil==2.7.2
 pytz==2018.4
-pyyaml==4.2b1
+pyyaml==5.4
 raven==6.7.0
 redis==2.10.6
 requests==2.20.0