diff --git a/dev-libs/libyaml/libyaml-0.2.2.recipe b/dev-libs/libyaml/libyaml-0.2.5.recipe
similarity index 94%
rename from dev-libs/libyaml/libyaml-0.2.2.recipe
rename to dev-libs/libyaml/libyaml-0.2.5.recipe
index 1667db7db..b1c9c2949 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libyaml/libyaml-0.2.2.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/libyaml/libyaml-0.2.5.recipe
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ COPYRIGHT="2017-2018 Ingy döt Net
 LICENSE="MIT"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://pyyaml.org/download/libyaml/yaml-$portVersion.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="4a9100ab61047fd9bd395bcef3ce5403365cafd55c1e0d0299cde14958e47be9"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="c642ae9b75fee120b2d96c712538bd2cf283228d2337df2cf2988e3c02678ef4"
 SOURCE_DIR="yaml-$portVersion"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
 
-libVersion="2.0.6"
+libVersion="2.0.9"
 libVersionCompat="$libVersion compat >= ${libVersion%%.*}"
 
 PROVIDES="
diff --git a/dev-libs/libyaml/patches/libyaml-0.2.2.patchset b/dev-libs/libyaml/patches/libyaml-0.2.5.patchset
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-libs/libyaml/patches/libyaml-0.2.2.patchset
rename to dev-libs/libyaml/patches/libyaml-0.2.5.patchset