diff --git a/nt2/requirements.in b/nt2/requirements.in
index 4d9912c..b59adc9 100644
--- a/nt2/requirements.in
+++ b/nt2/requirements.in
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ nestedtext
 plumbum
 rich
 ruamel.yaml      # but if yamlpath ever supports a different backend, reconsider
-yamlpath
+yamlpath>=3.6.9
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b80bd48..48f45ca 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Text Processing :: Markup",
     "Topic :: Utilities",
 ]
-dependencies = ["cattrs", "nestedtext", "plumbum", "rich", "ruamel.yaml", "yamlpath"]
+dependencies = ["cattrs", "nestedtext", "plumbum", "rich", "ruamel.yaml", "yamlpath>=3.6.9"]
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
 
 [project.urls]