diff --git a/examples/route-api/package.json b/examples/route-api/package.json
index eaec18bf8a3b2..efeb6e7a1669f 100644
--- a/examples/route-api/package.json
+++ b/examples/route-api/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "gatsby": "^2.24.67",
     "gatsby-source-filesystem": "^2.3.32",
     "gatsby-transformer-remark": "^2.8.37",
-    "gatsby-transformer-yaml": "^2.4.13",
+    "gatsby-transformer-yaml": "^5.5.0",
     "react": "^16.3.1",
     "react-dom": "^16.3.1"
   },