diff --git a/build/optaplanner-build-parent/pom.xml b/build/optaplanner-build-parent/pom.xml
index 97f09166b0..cd9bfdc80b 100644
--- a/build/optaplanner-build-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/build/optaplanner-build-parent/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <version.org.springframework.boot>2.6.6</version.org.springframework.boot>
     <version.org.assertj>3.22.0</version.org.assertj>
     <version.com.github.javaparser>3.23.1</version.com.github.javaparser> <!-- Keep align with Drools 7 -->
-
+    
     <!-- ************************************************************************ -->
     <!-- Plugins -->
     <!-- ************************************************************************ -->
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
     <!-- Versions plugin should stay on version 2.5
       until https://github.com/mojohaus/versions-maven-plugin/issues/312 is fixed -->
     <version.versions.plugin>2.5</version.versions.plugin>
+    <!-- we need to explicitly declare this version to have properly aligned version from redhat build -->
+    <version.org.yaml.snakeyaml>1.33</version.org.yaml.snakeyaml>
     <!-- This property needs to be defined in all modules that use the packaging 'jar'.
          It is used by different plugins to make sure the module/bundle names are consistent. -->
     <java.module.name/>