diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6f8d1b21f3..50576663a8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
         <httpclient.version>4.5.13</httpclient.version> <!-- kept for compatibility in 0.11.0-SNAPSHOT, remove after -->
         <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <groovy.version>2.4.15</groovy.version> <!-- Version 2.4.7 supported by https://github.com/groovy/groovy-eclipse/wiki/Groovy-Eclipse-2.9.1-Release-Notes; not sure what more recent will be -->
-        <snakeyaml.version>1.33</snakeyaml.version> <!-- align with cxf, jackson-dataformat-yaml -->
+        <snakeyaml.version>2.0</snakeyaml.version> <!-- align with cxf, jackson-dataformat-yaml -->
         <snakeyaml.jclouds.version>1.26</snakeyaml.jclouds.version> <!-- jclouds 2.4 imports this -->
         <!-- Next version of swagger requires changes to how path mapping and scanner injection are done. -->
         <swagger.version>1.6.2</swagger.version>