diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 59a2f81cc8cc..0db2418d677d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ requires_dist =
         botocore==1.23.31
         docutils>=0.10,<0.16
         s3transfer>=0.5.0,<0.6.0
-        PyYAML>=3.10,<5.5
+        PyYAML>=3.10,<6.1
         colorama>=0.2.5,<0.4.4
         rsa>=3.1.2,<4.8
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 937e34c075d7..2925b251ce96 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def find_version(*file_paths):
     'botocore==1.23.31',
     'docutils>=0.10,<0.16',
     's3transfer>=0.5.0,<0.6.0',
-    'PyYAML>=3.10,<5.5',
+    'PyYAML>=3.10,<6.1',
     'colorama>=0.2.5,<0.4.4',
     'rsa>=3.1.2,<4.8',
 ]