diff --git a/benchmarks/pom.xml b/benchmarks/pom.xml
index 41ff3576b..bd7486bac 100644
--- a/benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
       <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4</version>
+      <version>2.6</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
       </activation>
 
       <properties>
-        <crypto.type></crypto.type>
+        <crypto.type/>
       </properties>
     </profile>
   </profiles>