diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index dc14db19..03da166c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ subprojects { prj ->
             groovy      : '3.0.17',
             guava       : '32.1.2-jre',
             jackson     : '2.14.2',
-            snakeyaml   : '1.28',
+            snakeyaml   : '2.0',
             spock       : '2.0-groovy-3.0',
             objenesis   : '3.2',
             awaitility  : '4.1.0',
diff --git a/james-agent-io/build.gradle b/james-agent-io/build.gradle
index bbd12b08..9d93b927 100644
--- a/james-agent-io/build.gradle
+++ b/james-agent-io/build.gradle
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ sourceCompatibility = 1.8
 
 dependencies {
     api project(':james-agent-common')
+    implementation group: 'org.yaml', name: 'snakeyaml', version: versions.snakeyaml
     implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version: versions.jackson
-    implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', name: 'jackson-dataformat-yaml', version: versions.jackson
+    implementation(group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', name: 'jackson-dataformat-yaml', version: versions.jackson) {
+        exclude group: 'org.yaml', module: 'snakeyaml'
+    }
 
     testImplementation group: 'org.spockframework', name: 'spock-core', version: versions.spock
 }