diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f65e319..d6f3233 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ python-pam==1.8.2
 python-xlib==0.20
 pytz==2018.3
 pyxdg==0.25
-PyYAML==3.12
+PyYAML==5.4
 qrcode==5.3
 # reportbug==7.1.8
 requests==2.18.4