diff --git a/services/upgrade-service/pom.xml b/services/upgrade-service/pom.xml
index 699ca355b8..0283b5d852 100644
--- a/services/upgrade-service/pom.xml
+++ b/services/upgrade-service/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
       <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-      <version>1.18</version>
+      <version>1.26</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>