diff --git a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
index 86b3f7919..96d7baf94 100644
--- a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
+++ b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.snakeyaml</groupId>
                 <artifactId>snakeyaml-engine</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5</version>
+                <version>2.6</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>