diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e82672dea..db7ae4962 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "js-yaml": "^4.3.0"
+        "js-yaml": "^5.2.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@loopback/docs": "latest",
@@ -377,9 +377,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/js-yaml": {
-      "version": "4.3.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-4.3.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-1td788aAnnZ5qs7V2QIRl1owjtYpbKt749Y3xauqQgwIIGF/xXWz1wMTEBx5O3LK3lXLVuqXPdPxj2BoFHaW9Q==",
+      "version": "5.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-5.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-YeLUMlvR4Ou1B119LIaM0r65JvbOBooJDc9yEu0dClb/uSC5P4FrLU8OCCz/HXWvtPoIrR0dRzABTjo1sTN9Bw==",
       "funding": [
         {
           "type": "github",
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@
         "argparse": "^2.0.1"
       },
       "bin": {
-        "js-yaml": "bin/js-yaml.js"
+        "js-yaml": "bin/js-yaml.mjs"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/jsonc-parser": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b3e026493..9aec1cef0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": "IBM Corp. and LoopBack contributors",
   "dependencies": {
-    "js-yaml": "^4.3.0"
+    "js-yaml": "^5.2.0"
   }
 }