diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index deda9ee..c34656a 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ mysqlclient==1.3.14
 pathspec==0.5.5
 python-dateutil==2.7.5
 pytz==2018.7
-PyYAML==3.13
+PyYAML==5.4
 requests==2.18.4
 selenium==3.8.0
 semantic-version==2.5.0