diff --git a/apis/byon/pom.xml b/apis/byon/pom.xml
index ccc9434618..1eb1c4d365 100644
--- a/apis/byon/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/byon/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
             <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6</version>
+            <version>1.8</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>