diff --git a/org.eclipse.tm4e.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.tm4e.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 51ae0e412..813709168 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.tm4e.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.tm4e.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Require-Bundle: com.google.gson;bundle-version="[2.10.1,3.0.0)",
  org.apache.batik.util;bundle-version="[1.16.0,2.0.0)";resolution:=optional,
  org.jcodings;bundle-version="[1.0.58,2.0.0)",
  org.joni;bundle-version="[2.2.1,3.0.0)",
- org.yaml.snakeyaml;bundle-version="[2.2.0,3.0.0)"
+ org.snakeyaml.engine;bundle-version="[2.7.0,3.0.0)"
 Import-Package: org.w3c.css.sac;resolution:=optional,
  org.w3c.css.sac.helpers;resolution:=optional,
  org.w3c.dom.css
diff --git a/org.eclipse.tm4e.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tm4e/core/internal/parser/PListParserYAML.java b/org.eclipse.tm4e.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tm4e/core/internal/parser/PListParserYAML.java
index 2763eb042..2c115b973 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.tm4e.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tm4e/core/internal/parser/PListParserYAML.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.tm4e.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tm4e/core/internal/parser/PListParserYAML.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 
+import org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.api.Load;
+import org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.api.LoadSettings;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
-import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
-import org.yaml.snakeyaml.error.YAMLException;
 
 /**
  * Parses TextMate Grammar file in YAML format.
@@ -77,11 +77,13 @@ private void addStringToPList(final PListContentHandler<T> pList, final String v
 		pList.endElement(null, "string", null);
 	}
 
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	@Override
-	public T parse(final Reader contents) throws SAXException, YAMLException {
+	public T parse(final Reader contents) throws SAXException {
+		final var yamlLoader = new Load(LoadSettings.builder().build());
 		final var pList = new PListContentHandler<T>(objectFactory);
 		pList.startElement(null, "plist", null, null);
-		addMapToPList(pList, new Yaml().loadAs(contents, Map.class));
+		addMapToPList(pList, (Map<String, Object>) yamlLoader.loadFromReader(contents));
 		pList.endElement(null, "plist", null);
 		return pList.getResult();
 	}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.tm4e.repository/category.xml b/org.eclipse.tm4e.repository/category.xml
index 11ba67188..4b1ce9047 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.tm4e.repository/category.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.tm4e.repository/category.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
    <bundle id="org.joni" version="0.0.0">
       <category name="Dependencies"/>
    </bundle>
-   <bundle id="org.yaml.snakeyaml" version="0.0.0">
+   <bundle id="org.snakeyaml.engine" version="0.0.0">
       <category name="Dependencies"/>
    </bundle>
    <category-def name="TextMate" label="TextMate"/>
diff --git a/target-platform/tm4e-target.target b/target-platform/tm4e-target.target
index 56b76dcc1..a45ab969a 100644
--- a/target-platform/tm4e-target.target
+++ b/target-platform/tm4e-target.target
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
         <location includeDependencyDepth="direct" includeDependencyScopes="compile" includeSource="true" missingManifest="generate" type="Maven">
             <dependencies>
                 <dependency>
-                    <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.2</version>
+                    <groupId>org.snakeyaml</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>snakeyaml-engine</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.7</version>
                     <type>jar</type>
                 </dependency>
             </dependencies>