diff --git a/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts b/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts
index 76b0ec2c76..889231f6f5 100644
--- a/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ val DEPENDENCY_BOMS = listOf(
   "io.zipkin.reporter2:zipkin-reporter-bom:2.16.3",
   "org.junit:junit-bom:5.9.2",
   "org.testcontainers:testcontainers-bom:1.17.6",
-  "org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.33"
+  "org.snakeyaml:snakeyaml-engine:2.6"
 )
 
 val autoValueVersion = "1.10.1"
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/incubator/build.gradle.kts b/sdk-extensions/incubator/build.gradle.kts
index c45154d402..55d282f005 100644
--- a/sdk-extensions/incubator/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sdk-extensions/incubator/build.gradle.kts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
 
   // io.opentelemetry.sdk.extension.incubator.metric.viewconfig
   implementation(project(":sdk-extensions:autoconfigure-spi"))
-  implementation("org.yaml:snakeyaml")
+  implementation("org.snakeyaml:snakeyaml-engine")
 
   // io.opentelemetry.sdk.extension.trace.zpages
   implementation(project(":semconv"))
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/incubator/metric/viewconfig/ViewConfig.java b/sdk-extensions/incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/incubator/metric/viewconfig/ViewConfig.java
index 489e36139a..c10533543c 100644
--- a/sdk-extensions/incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/incubator/metric/viewconfig/ViewConfig.java
+++ b/sdk-extensions/incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/incubator/metric/viewconfig/ViewConfig.java
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
+import org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.api.Load;
+import org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.api.LoadSettings;
 
 /**
  * Enables file based YAML configuration of Metric SDK {@link View}s.
@@ -94,10 +95,14 @@ public final class ViewConfig {
   // Visible for testing
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   static List<ViewConfigSpecification> loadViewConfig(InputStream inputStream) {
-    Yaml yaml = new Yaml();
+    LoadSettings settings = LoadSettings.builder().build();
+    Load yaml = new Load(settings);
     try {
       List<ViewConfigSpecification> result = new ArrayList<>();
-      List<Map<String, Object>> viewConfigs = yaml.load(inputStream);
+
+      List<Map<String, Object>> viewConfigs =
+          (List<Map<String, Object>>) yaml.loadFromInputStream(inputStream);
+
       for (Map<String, Object> viewConfigSpecMap : viewConfigs) {
         Map<String, Object> selectorSpecMap =
             requireNonNull(