diff --git a/repoutils/python-scripts/requirements.txt b/repoutils/python-scripts/requirements.txt
index bfcfdd9b..577787cb 100755
--- a/repoutils/python-scripts/requirements.txt
+++ b/repoutils/python-scripts/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 beautifulsoup4==4.9.3
-PyYAML==3.13
+PyYAML==5.4.1
 requests==2.12.4
 wheel==0.24.0
 lxml==3.8.0