diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2e77fcf4..71aa0989 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ install_requires =
     cfgv>=2.0.0
     identify>=1.0.0
     nodeenv>=0.11.1
-    pyyaml>=5.1
+    pyyaml>=5.4
     toml
     virtualenv>=20.0.8
     importlib-metadata;python_version<"3.8"