diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 3e2cd209c2..d7d8a540eb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -12157,13 +12157,13 @@ (define-public python2-faker
 (define-public python-pyaml
   (package
     (name "python-pyaml")
-    (version "15.8.2")
+    (version "17.7.2")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (pypi-uri "pyaml" version))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1f5m28vkh4ksq3d80d8mmd2z8wxvc3mgy2pmrv2751dm2xgznm4w"))))
+                "132grrw0ajq4nrappi3ldbkb952k7yn9b6c7csi2rmvzm1g6ppp2"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("python-unidecode" ,python-unidecode)))