diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bb6df100d59..0ad3a390a4a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.snakeyaml</groupId>
             <artifactId>snakeyaml-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7</version>
+            <version>2.8</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>