diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index 28d104f9ff75a..cd49c4517fd72 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
         <flyway.version>9.15.2</flyway.version>
         <yasson.version>3.0.2</yasson.version>
         <liquibase.version>4.20.0</liquibase.version>
-        <snakeyaml.version>1.33</snakeyaml.version>
+        <snakeyaml.version>2.0</snakeyaml.version>
         <osgi.version>6.0.0</osgi.version>
         <mongo-client.version>4.9.0</mongo-client.version>
         <mongo-crypt.version>1.7.1</mongo-crypt.version>
diff --git a/docs/src/main/java/io/quarkus/docs/generation/QuarkusBuildItemDoc.java b/docs/src/main/java/io/quarkus/docs/generation/QuarkusBuildItemDoc.java
index 8f75260bdcafa..141a144fd2dc8 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/java/io/quarkus/docs/generation/QuarkusBuildItemDoc.java
+++ b/docs/src/main/java/io/quarkus/docs/generation/QuarkusBuildItemDoc.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.jboss.forge.roaster.model.JavaDocCapable;
 import org.jboss.forge.roaster.model.source.FieldSource;
 import org.jboss.forge.roaster.model.source.JavaClassSource;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.LoaderOptions;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.SafeConstructor;
 
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ private Path findPom(Path path) {
 
     private Map<String, String> extractNames(Path root, Iterable<String> extensionDirs) throws IOException {
         Map<String, String> names = new TreeMap<>(String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);
-        Yaml yaml = new Yaml(new SafeConstructor());
+        Yaml yaml = new Yaml(new SafeConstructor(new LoaderOptions()));
         for (String extension : extensionDirs) {
             Path yamlPath = root
                     .resolve("extensions/" + extension + "/runtime/src/main/resources/META-INF/quarkus-extension.yaml");
diff --git a/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/deployment/devmode/console/DevConsole.java b/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/deployment/devmode/console/DevConsole.java
index e6fd108955bbd..55c22afcde627 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/deployment/devmode/console/DevConsole.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/deployment/devmode/console/DevConsole.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.config.Config;
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.config.ConfigProvider;
 import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.LoaderOptions;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.SafeConstructor;
 
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ private void initLazyState() {
             synchronized (extensions) {
                 if (extensions.isEmpty()) {
                     try {
-                        final Yaml yaml = new Yaml(new SafeConstructor());
+                        final Yaml yaml = new Yaml(new SafeConstructor(new LoaderOptions()));
                         ClassPathUtils.consumeAsPaths("/META-INF/quarkus-extension.yaml", p -> {
                             try {
                                 final String desc;