diff --git a/bboxdb-server/pom.xml b/bboxdb-server/pom.xml
index f5e92cb2d..3183a6083 100644
--- a/bboxdb-server/pom.xml
+++ b/bboxdb-server/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
 			<artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-			<version>2.1</version>
+			<version>2.2</version>
 		</dependency>
        <!--  Needed for ZooKeeper (Log4J 1.x is excluded) -->
 		<dependency>