diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cedfc97..2eabaad 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 	'paramiko>=2.2.4',
 	'prettytable==0.7.2',
 	'xmltodict==0.10.1',
-	'pyyaml==3.12',
+	'pyyaml==5.4',
 	'requests>=2.20.0',
 	'tqdm==4.19.4',
       ],
diff --git a/virtapi/requirements.txt b/virtapi/requirements.txt
index b2c8d0a..4542f54 100644
--- a/virtapi/requirements.txt
+++ b/virtapi/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 libvirt-python
 xmltodict==0.10.1
-pyyaml==3.12
+pyyaml==5.4
 requests>=2.20.0
 prettytable==0.7.2
 lxml