diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7a8a574b..30d745ae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.snakeyaml</groupId>
       <artifactId>snakeyaml-engine</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8</version>
+      <version>2.9</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- GraphViz/dot -->
     <dependency>