diff --git a/config_mgr-requirements.txt b/config_mgr-requirements.txt
index 99e618b9..5d477431 100644
--- a/config_mgr-requirements.txt
+++ b/config_mgr-requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ py2-ipaddress==3.4.1
 pycparser==2.18
 pycrypto==2.6.1
 python-etcd==0.4.3
-PyYAML==3.11
+PyYAML==5.1
 pyzmq==16.0.2
 requests==2.18.4
 six==1.10.0
diff --git a/shared-requirements.txt b/shared-requirements.txt
index 274261ef..bb83c2be 100644
--- a/shared-requirements.txt
+++ b/shared-requirements.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ prctl==1.0.1
 # remove the monkeypatch in the common_etcd_synchronizer
 python-etcd==0.4.3
 py2_ipaddress==3.4.1
-pyyaml==3.11
+pyyaml==5.1
 six==1.10.0
 urllib3==1.21.1