diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0937b73c..1193e5a8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
             <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-            <version>1.18</version>
+            <version>1.19</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- testing -->