diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c03d558..72ea598 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -162,12 +162,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "which",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.12.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.14.3"
@@ -188,22 +182,12 @@ checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
-version = "1.9.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bd070e393353796e801d209ad339e89596eb4c8d430d18ede6a1cced8fafbd99"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
- "hashbrown 0.12.3",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "indexmap"
-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "2.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d530e1a18b1cb4c484e6e34556a0d948706958449fca0cab753d649f2bce3d1f"
+checksum = "93ead53efc7ea8ed3cfb0c79fc8023fbb782a5432b52830b6518941cebe6505c"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
- "hashbrown 0.14.3",
+ "hashbrown",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -217,6 +201,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itoa"
+version = "1.0.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "49f1f14873335454500d59611f1cf4a4b0f786f9ac11f4312a78e4cf2566695b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -240,12 +230,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "redox_syscall",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "linked-hash-map"
-version = "0.5.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0717cef1bc8b636c6e1c1bbdefc09e6322da8a9321966e8928ef80d20f7f770f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.4.11"
@@ -290,18 +274,18 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.69"
+version = "1.0.86"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
+checksum = "5e719e8df665df0d1c8fbfd238015744736151d4445ec0836b8e628aae103b77"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
-version = "1.0.33"
+version = "1.0.37"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5267fca4496028628a95160fc423a33e8b2e6af8a5302579e322e4b520293cae"
+checksum = "b5b9d34b8991d19d98081b46eacdd8eb58c6f2b201139f7c5f643cc155a633af"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
@@ -390,18 +374,18 @@ checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.192"
+version = "1.0.209"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bca2a08484b285dcb282d0f67b26cadc0df8b19f8c12502c13d966bf9482f001"
+checksum = "99fce0ffe7310761ca6bf9faf5115afbc19688edd00171d81b1bb1b116c63e09"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.192"
+version = "1.0.209"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d6c7207fbec9faa48073f3e3074cbe553af6ea512d7c21ba46e434e70ea9fbc1"
+checksum = "a5831b979fd7b5439637af1752d535ff49f4860c0f341d1baeb6faf0f4242170"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -410,14 +394,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_yaml"
-version = "0.8.26"
+version = "0.9.34+deprecated"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "578a7433b776b56a35785ed5ce9a7e777ac0598aac5a6dd1b4b18a307c7fc71b"
+checksum = "6a8b1a1a2ebf674015cc02edccce75287f1a0130d394307b36743c2f5d504b47"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap 1.9.3",
+ "indexmap",
+ "itoa",
  "ryu",
  "serde",
- "yaml-rust",
+ "unsafe-libyaml",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -431,9 +416,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.39"
+version = "2.0.76"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+checksum = "578e081a14e0cefc3279b0472138c513f37b41a08d5a3cca9b6e4e8ceb6cd525"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -509,7 +494,7 @@ version = "0.21.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d34d383cd00a163b4a5b85053df514d45bc330f6de7737edfe0a93311d1eaa03"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap 2.1.0",
+ "indexmap",
  "toml_datetime",
  "winnow",
 ]
@@ -520,6 +505,12 @@ version = "1.0.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3354b9ac3fae1ff6755cb6db53683adb661634f67557942dea4facebec0fee4b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unsafe-libyaml"
+version = "0.2.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "673aac59facbab8a9007c7f6108d11f63b603f7cabff99fabf650fea5c32b861"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
@@ -642,12 +633,3 @@ checksum = "8434aeec7b290e8da5c3f0d628cb0eac6cabcb31d14bb74f779a08109a5914d6"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "yaml-rust"
-version = "0.4.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "56c1936c4cc7a1c9ab21a1ebb602eb942ba868cbd44a99cb7cdc5892335e1c85"
-dependencies = [
- "linked-hash-map",
-]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d317bae..aab3186 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dirs = "4.0.*"
 tempfile = "3.8.*"
 # 1.0.98 doesn't compile under Mac
 serde = { version = "1.0.*", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_yaml = "0.8.*"
+serde_yaml = "0.9.34"
 toml_edit = "0.21.*"
 shellexpand = "2.1.*"
 log = "0.4.*"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index ad001d3..ca3ca02 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -53,15 +53,10 @@ impl Default for Config {
 pub fn parse(path: PathBuf) -> Config {
     let file = std::fs::File::open(path).unwrap();
     let reader = std::io::BufReader::new(file);
-    let mut config = match serde_yaml::from_reader(reader) {
+    let mut config: Config = match serde_yaml::from_reader(reader) {
         Ok(c) => c,
         Err(e) => {
-            // Work around the empty yaml file issue.
-            // See https://github.com/dtolnay/serde-yaml/issues/86
-            if e.to_string() != "EOF while parsing a value" {
-                panic!("{}", e.to_string())
-            }
-            Config::default()
+            panic!("{}", e.to_string())
         }
     };
 
@@ -166,7 +161,6 @@ fonts:
         assert_eq!(config.term_config_path, Some("/path/to/config".to_string()));
     }
 
-
     #[test]
     fn test_parse_backend_and_deprecated_exe_path() {
         let config = parse(make_cfg_file("backend: alacritty\nexe_path: /path/to/alacritty").path);