diff --git a/modules/enterprise/server/ear/pom.xml b/modules/enterprise/server/ear/pom.xml
index 2498b947bb8..49288eaef5f 100644
--- a/modules/enterprise/server/ear/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/enterprise/server/ear/pom.xml
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
             <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8</version>
+            <version>1.26</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jboss.resteasy</groupId>
diff --git a/modules/enterprise/server/jar/pom.xml b/modules/enterprise/server/jar/pom.xml
index e769d4b99de..9d715e309d6 100644
--- a/modules/enterprise/server/jar/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/enterprise/server/jar/pom.xml
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
       <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8</version>
+      <version>1.26</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 226afee47cb..6efd92a8503 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     <cassandra.driver.netty.version>3.9.1.Final</cassandra.driver.netty.version>
     <cassandra.driver.version>1.0.8-jboss-1</cassandra.driver.version>
     <cassandra.snappy.version>1.0.4.1-rhq-p1</cassandra.snappy.version>
-    <cassandra.snakeyaml.version>1.6</cassandra.snakeyaml.version>
+    <cassandra.snakeyaml.version>1.26</cassandra.snakeyaml.version>
     <cassandra.thrift.version>0.7.0</cassandra.thrift.version>
     <cassandra.version>1.2.18-jboss-2</cassandra.version>
     <clirr.version>2.6</clirr.version>