diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 0af1433f..3122b05a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     // Required for log4j yaml configuration files
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat/jackson-dataformat-yaml
-    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:2.19.2'
+    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:2.21.0'
 
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind
     implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.19.2'