diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index 86f2f237..2d4c1227 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     <sonar.organization>bcgov-sonarcloud</sonar.organization>
     <sonar.host.url>https://sonarcloud.io</sonar.host.url>
     <oci.revision>${project.version}</oci.revision>
+    <snakeyaml.version>2.2</snakeyaml.version>
   </properties>
 
   <profiles>