diff --git a/paper-api/pom.xml b/paper-api/pom.xml
index c53067603d..924ca29fd6 100644
--- a/paper-api/pom.xml
+++ b/paper-api/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
             <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-            <version>1.29</version>
+            <version>1.28</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- not part of the API proper -->