diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 9b737a179..03f72d697 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ lazy val zioJsonYaml = project
   .settings(buildInfoSettings("zio.json.yaml"))
   .settings(
     libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
-      "org.yaml" % "snakeyaml"    % "1.33",
+      "org.yaml" % "snakeyaml"    % "2.0",
       "dev.zio" %% "zio"          % zioVersion,
       "dev.zio" %% "zio-test"     % zioVersion % "test",
       "dev.zio" %% "zio-test-sbt" % zioVersion % "test"
diff --git a/zio-json-yaml/src/main/scala/zio/json/yaml/internal/YamlValueConstruction.scala b/zio-json-yaml/src/main/scala/zio/json/yaml/internal/YamlValueConstruction.scala
index 46aab20f2..af34ded1a 100644
--- a/zio-json-yaml/src/main/scala/zio/json/yaml/internal/YamlValueConstruction.scala
+++ b/zio-json-yaml/src/main/scala/zio/json/yaml/internal/YamlValueConstruction.scala
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ package zio.json.yaml.internal
 
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.SafeConstructor
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.{ MappingNode, Node }
-import scala.annotation.nowarn
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.LoaderOptions
 
-@nowarn
-private[yaml] final class YamlValueConstruction extends SafeConstructor {
+private[yaml] final class YamlValueConstruction extends SafeConstructor(new LoaderOptions()) {
   def toJavaValue(node: Node): AnyRef =
     getConstructor(node).construct(node)