diff --git a/ext/psych/lib/psych/versions.rb b/ext/psych/lib/psych/versions.rb
index 22b909430c..1042a86d46 100644
--- a/ext/psych/lib/psych/versions.rb
+++ b/ext/psych/lib/psych/versions.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ module Psych
   VERSION = '5.0.2'
 
   if RUBY_ENGINE == 'jruby'
-    DEFAULT_SNAKEYAML_VERSION = '1.33'.freeze
+    DEFAULT_SNAKEYAML_VERSION = '2.6'.freeze
   end
 end
diff --git a/ext/psych/psych.gemspec b/ext/psych/psych.gemspec
index f826af0f0e..a8ee5da028 100644
--- a/ext/psych/psych.gemspec
+++ b/ext/psych/psych.gemspec
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
       "lib/psych_jars.rb",
       "lib/psych.jar"
     ]
-    s.requirements = "jar org.yaml:snakeyaml, #{version_module::Psych::DEFAULT_SNAKEYAML_VERSION}"
+    s.requirements = "jar org.snakeyaml:snakeyaml-engine, #{version_module::Psych::DEFAULT_SNAKEYAML_VERSION}"
     s.add_dependency 'jar-dependencies', '>= 0.1.7'
   else
     s.extensions = ["ext/psych/extconf.rb"]