diff --git a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml b/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
index b8965b89e1..d163aebdfd 100644
--- a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
         <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-        <version>1.26</version>
+        <!-- apex jorje actually depends on 1.17 (https://github.com/forcedotcom/salesforcedx-vscode/commit/631b8cfb85cff5e989bfea13bca681b6cedcb003) -->
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>aopalliance</groupId>
diff --git a/pmd-doc/pom.xml b/pmd-doc/pom.xml
index 005c671b01..525890a786 100644
--- a/pmd-doc/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-doc/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
             <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-            <version>1.26</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e3592cbd53..53600d52f8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -724,6 +724,11 @@
                 <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
                 <version>2.8.9</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
+                <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
+                <version>1.30</version>
+            </dependency>
 
 
             <!-- TEST DEPENDENCIES -->