diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a2c627..fc289e4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     <version.org.apache.maven>3.3.9</version.org.apache.maven> <!-- Need to force the version of the maven-core artifact to be in sync with kie. Otherwise it might pick a wrong version coming from quarkus bom import -->
     <version.org.codehaus.mojo.sql-maven-plugin>1.5</version.org.codehaus.mojo.sql-maven-plugin>
     <version.cargo-maven3-plugin>1.10.4</version.cargo-maven3-plugin>
+    <version.org.yaml.snakeyaml>2.0</version.org.yaml.snakeyaml>
 
     <!-- Quarkus database setup -->
     <maven.jdbc.db-kind>h2</maven.jdbc.db-kind>
@@ -211,6 +212,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
       <artifactId>quarkus-config-yaml</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
+          <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
@@ -283,6 +290,11 @@
       <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
       <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
+      <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
+      <version>${version.org.yaml.snakeyaml}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <!-- Test dependencies -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.kie</groupId>