diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-connect-plugins/build.gradle b/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-connect-plugins/build.gradle
index 774a3aa10c..3c94e6501c 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-connect-plugins/build.gradle
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-connect-plugins/build.gradle
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ dependencies {
     // test
     testImplementation project(':data-prepper-test-common')
     testImplementation project(':data-prepper-core')
-    testImplementation 'org.yaml:snakeyaml:2.0'
+    testImplementation 'org.yaml:snakeyaml:2.2'
     testImplementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310'
     testImplementation testLibs.mockito.inline
 }