diff --git a/rasa_nlu_setting/alt_requirements/requirements_bare.txt b/rasa_nlu_setting/alt_requirements/requirements_bare.txt
index 15e7ab9..440f7fb 100644
--- a/rasa_nlu_setting/alt_requirements/requirements_bare.txt
+++ b/rasa_nlu_setting/alt_requirements/requirements_bare.txt
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ simplejson==3.13.2
 cloudpickle==0.5.2
 msgpack-python==0.5.4
 packaging==17.1
-pyyaml==3.12
+pyyaml==5.4
 coloredlogs==9.0
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diff --git a/rasa_nlu_setting/alt_requirements/requirements_dev.txt b/rasa_nlu_setting/alt_requirements/requirements_dev.txt
index 2a603f9..a88149c 100644
--- a/rasa_nlu_setting/alt_requirements/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/rasa_nlu_setting/alt_requirements/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ simplejson==3.13.2
 cloudpickle==0.5.2
 msgpack-python==0.5.4
 packaging==17.1
-pyyaml==3.12
+pyyaml==5.4
 coloredlogs==9.0