diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 4a479da..e089c00 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ lazy val snakeyaml = module("snake") {
     .dependsOn(core, tests % Test)
     .settings(
       description := "yaml4s JVM parser using snake yaml engine",
-      libraryDependencies += "org.snakeyaml" % "snakeyaml-engine" % "2.7"
+      libraryDependencies += "org.snakeyaml" % "snakeyaml-engine" % "2.8"
     )
 }