diff --git a/forward_engineering/api.js b/forward_engineering/api.js
index e211ba2..61ff12c 100644
--- a/forward_engineering/api.js
+++ b/forward_engineering/api.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
 			switch (data.targetScriptOptions.format) {
 				case 'yaml': {
-					const schema = yaml.safeDump(filteredSwaggerSchema, { skipInvalid: true });
+					const schema = yaml.dump(filteredSwaggerSchema, { skipInvalid: true });
 					const schemaWithComments = addCommentsSigns(schema, 'yaml');
 					cb(null, schemaWithComments);
 					break;
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
 			switch (targetScriptOptions.format) {
 				case 'yaml':
-					parsedScript = yaml.safeLoad(filteredScript);
+					parsedScript = yaml.load(filteredScript);
 					break;
 				case 'json':
 				default:
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ebf1849..c89d3f3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
             "hasInstallScript": true,
             "dependencies": {
                 "comment-json": "4.1.0",
-                "js-yaml": "3.14.1",
+                "js-yaml": "4.1.1",
                 "lodash": "4.17.21",
                 "lodash.clonedeep": "4.5.0",
                 "lodash.get": "4.2.1",
@@ -530,24 +530,6 @@
                 "url": "https://opencollective.com/eslint"
             }
         },
-        "node_modules/@eslint/eslintrc/node_modules/argparse": {
-            "version": "2.0.1",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/argparse/-/argparse-2.0.1.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-8+9WqebbFzpX9OR+Wa6O29asIogeRMzcGtAINdpMHHyAg10f05aSFVBbcEqGf/PXw1EjAZ+q2/bEBg3DvurK3Q==",
-            "dev": true
-        },
-        "node_modules/@eslint/eslintrc/node_modules/js-yaml": {
-            "version": "4.1.0",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-4.1.0.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-wpxZs9NoxZaJESJGIZTyDEaYpl0FKSA+FB9aJiyemKhMwkxQg63h4T1KJgUGHpTqPDNRcmmYLugrRjJlBtWvRA==",
-            "dev": true,
-            "dependencies": {
-                "argparse": "^2.0.1"
-            },
-            "bin": {
-                "js-yaml": "bin/js-yaml.js"
-            }
-        },
         "node_modules/@eslint/js": {
             "version": "8.57.0",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@eslint/js/-/js-8.57.0.tgz",
@@ -976,12 +958,10 @@
             }
         },
         "node_modules/argparse": {
-            "version": "1.0.10",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/argparse/-/argparse-1.0.10.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-o5Roy6tNG4SL/FOkCAN6RzjiakZS25RLYFrcMttJqbdd8BWrnA+fGz57iN5Pb06pvBGvl5gQ0B48dJlslXvoTg==",
-            "dependencies": {
-                "sprintf-js": "~1.0.2"
-            }
+            "version": "2.0.1",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/argparse/-/argparse-2.0.1.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-8+9WqebbFzpX9OR+Wa6O29asIogeRMzcGtAINdpMHHyAg10f05aSFVBbcEqGf/PXw1EjAZ+q2/bEBg3DvurK3Q==",
+            "license": "Python-2.0"
         },
         "node_modules/array-buffer-byte-length": {
             "version": "1.0.1",
@@ -2046,24 +2026,6 @@
                 "url": "https://opencollective.com/eslint"
             }
         },
-        "node_modules/eslint/node_modules/argparse": {
-            "version": "2.0.1",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/argparse/-/argparse-2.0.1.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-8+9WqebbFzpX9OR+Wa6O29asIogeRMzcGtAINdpMHHyAg10f05aSFVBbcEqGf/PXw1EjAZ+q2/bEBg3DvurK3Q==",
-            "dev": true
-        },
-        "node_modules/eslint/node_modules/js-yaml": {
-            "version": "4.1.0",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-4.1.0.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-wpxZs9NoxZaJESJGIZTyDEaYpl0FKSA+FB9aJiyemKhMwkxQg63h4T1KJgUGHpTqPDNRcmmYLugrRjJlBtWvRA==",
-            "dev": true,
-            "dependencies": {
-                "argparse": "^2.0.1"
-            },
-            "bin": {
-                "js-yaml": "bin/js-yaml.js"
-            }
-        },
         "node_modules/espree": {
             "version": "9.6.1",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/espree/-/espree-9.6.1.tgz",
@@ -3014,13 +2976,12 @@
             "dev": true
         },
         "node_modules/js-yaml": {
-            "version": "3.14.1",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.14.1.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-okMH7OXXJ7YrN9Ok3/SXrnu4iX9yOk+25nqX4imS2npuvTYDmo/QEZoqwZkYaIDk3jVvBOTOIEgEhaLOynBS9g==",
+            "version": "4.1.1",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-4.1.1.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-qQKT4zQxXl8lLwBtHMWwaTcGfFOZviOJet3Oy/xmGk2gZH677CJM9EvtfdSkgWcATZhj/55JZ0rmy3myCT5lsA==",
             "license": "MIT",
             "dependencies": {
-                "argparse": "^1.0.7",
-                "esprima": "^4.0.0"
+                "argparse": "^2.0.1"
             },
             "bin": {
                 "js-yaml": "bin/js-yaml.js"
@@ -3043,6 +3004,28 @@
                 "ono": "^6.0.0"
             }
         },
+        "node_modules/json-schema-ref-parser/node_modules/argparse": {
+            "version": "1.0.10",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/argparse/-/argparse-1.0.10.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-o5Roy6tNG4SL/FOkCAN6RzjiakZS25RLYFrcMttJqbdd8BWrnA+fGz57iN5Pb06pvBGvl5gQ0B48dJlslXvoTg==",
+            "license": "MIT",
+            "dependencies": {
+                "sprintf-js": "~1.0.2"
+            }
+        },
+        "node_modules/json-schema-ref-parser/node_modules/js-yaml": {
+            "version": "3.14.1",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.14.1.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-okMH7OXXJ7YrN9Ok3/SXrnu4iX9yOk+25nqX4imS2npuvTYDmo/QEZoqwZkYaIDk3jVvBOTOIEgEhaLOynBS9g==",
+            "license": "MIT",
+            "dependencies": {
+                "argparse": "^1.0.7",
+                "esprima": "^4.0.0"
+            },
+            "bin": {
+                "js-yaml": "bin/js-yaml.js"
+            }
+        },
         "node_modules/json-schema-traverse": {
             "version": "0.4.1",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json-schema-traverse/-/json-schema-traverse-0.4.1.tgz",
@@ -4071,7 +4054,8 @@
         "node_modules/sprintf-js": {
             "version": "1.0.3",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sprintf-js/-/sprintf-js-1.0.3.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-D9cPgkvLlV3t3IzL0D0YLvGA9Ahk4PcvVwUbN0dSGr1aP0Nrt4AEnTUbuGvquEC0mA64Gqt1fzirlRs5ibXx8g=="
+            "integrity": "sha512-D9cPgkvLlV3t3IzL0D0YLvGA9Ahk4PcvVwUbN0dSGr1aP0Nrt4AEnTUbuGvquEC0mA64Gqt1fzirlRs5ibXx8g==",
+            "license": "BSD-3-Clause"
         },
         "node_modules/string-argv": {
             "version": "0.3.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c26a9e3..9a31549 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     "disabled": false,
     "dependencies": {
         "comment-json": "4.1.0",
-        "js-yaml": "3.14.1",
+        "js-yaml": "4.1.1",
         "lodash": "4.17.21",
         "lodash.clonedeep": "4.5.0",
         "lodash.get": "4.2.1",