diff --git a/python-yaml/python-yaml.spec b/python-yaml/python-yaml.spec
index 5c2621f1cb..28c6def0ad 100644
--- a/python-yaml/python-yaml.spec
+++ b/python-yaml/python-yaml.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #   package versions
 %define       V_python        3.8
-%define       V_pyyaml        5.1
+%define       V_pyyaml        5.3
 
 #   package information
 Name:         python-yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Class:        EVAL
 Group:        Language
 License:      GPL
 Version:      %{V_python}
-Release:      20191019
+Release:      20200108
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      http://pyyaml.org/download/pyyaml/PyYAML-%{V_pyyaml}.tar.gz