diff --git a/chatterbot/requirements.txt b/chatterbot/requirements.txt
index e34959c77e..cdd3ed40a0 100644
--- a/chatterbot/requirements.txt
+++ b/chatterbot/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Pint==0.19.2
 pymongo==3.12.3
 python-dateutil==2.7.5
 pytz==2022.2.1
-PyYAML==3.13
+PyYAML==5.4
 regex==2022.9.11
 six==1.16.0
 SQLAlchemy==1.2.19