diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ba2722d73..6930e794f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ uvicorn = {version = "^0.22.0", optional = true}
 gunicorn = {version = "^21.2.0", optional = true}
 fastapi = {version = "^0.104.1", optional = true}
 backoff = {version = "*", optional = true}
-pyyaml = {version = "^6.0", optional = true}
+pyyaml = {version = "^6.0.1", optional = true}
 rq = {version = "*", optional = true}
 orjson = {version = "^3.9.7", optional = true}
 streamlit = {version = "^1.29.0", optional = true}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6ee965bdd..09468f6ba 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ openai>=1.0.0 # openai req.
 fastapi # server dep
 pydantic>=2.5 # openai req. 
 backoff==2.2.1 # server dep
-pyyaml==6.0 # server dep
+pyyaml>=6.0.1 # server dep
 uvicorn==0.22.0 # server dep
 gunicorn==21.2.0 # server dep
 boto3==1.28.58 # aws bedrock/sagemaker calls