diff --git a/sip/execution_control/configuration_db/requirements.txt b/sip/execution_control/configuration_db/requirements.txt
index 36918380..3ca6d97f 100644
--- a/sip/execution_control/configuration_db/requirements.txt
+++ b/sip/execution_control/configuration_db/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 redis==2.10.6
 jsonschema==2.6.0
 jinja2>=2.10.1
-PyYAML==4.2b4
+PyYAML==5.4
diff --git a/sip/execution_control/configuration_db/setup.py b/sip/execution_control/configuration_db/setup.py
index 440b517c..d2b94f6e 100644
--- a/sip/execution_control/configuration_db/setup.py
+++ b/sip/execution_control/configuration_db/setup.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def package_files(directory):
           'redis==2.10.6',
           'jsonschema==2.6.0',
           'jinja2>=2.10.1',
-          'PyYAML==4.2b4'
+          'PyYAML==5.4'
       ],
       zip_safe=False,
       classifiers=[