diff --git a/Package.resolved b/Package.resolved
index ac2140923..8ea187bda 100644
--- a/Package.resolved
+++ b/Package.resolved
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/jpsim/Yams.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "9ff1cc9327586db4e0c8f46f064b6a82ec1566fa",
-        "version" : "4.0.6"
+        "revision" : "8a835d918245ca22f36663dd3862138805d7f707",
+        "version" : "5.1.0"
       }
     }
   ],
diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index 8402adb61..03e1cfd05 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ let package = Package(
     ],
     dependencies: [
         .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-docc-plugin", from: "1.0.0"),
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/jpsim/Yams.git", "4.0.0"..<"6.0.0") // just for tests
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/jpsim/Yams.git", "5.1.0"..<"6.0.0") // just for tests
     ],
     targets: [
         .target(
diff --git a/Tests/OpenAPIKitTests/Schema Object/SchemaObjectYamsTests.swift b/Tests/OpenAPIKitTests/Schema Object/SchemaObjectYamsTests.swift
index 12c7c10cd..1d32f5d72 100644
--- a/Tests/OpenAPIKitTests/Schema Object/SchemaObjectYamsTests.swift	
+++ b/Tests/OpenAPIKitTests/Schema Object/SchemaObjectYamsTests.swift	
@@ -16,6 +16,20 @@ import OpenAPIKit
 import Yams
 
 final class SchemaObjectYamsTests: XCTestCase {
+    func test_nullTypeDecode() throws {
+        let nullString =
+        """
+        type: 'null'
+        """
+
+        let null = try YAMLDecoder().decode(JSONSchema.self, from: nullString)
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            null,
+            JSONSchema.null()
+        )
+    }
+
     func test_floatingPointWholeNumberIntegerDecode() throws {
         let integerString =
         """