diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 615758bf4..c2ef811aa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
 				<artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-				<version>2.3</version>            
+				<version>2.4</version>            
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.tomlj</groupId>