diff --git a/ci/build_container/build_recipes/yaml-cpp.sh b/ci/build_container/build_recipes/yaml-cpp.sh
index 2c565cfd1bf..659fb4b6c05 100755
--- a/ci/build_container/build_recipes/yaml-cpp.sh
+++ b/ci/build_container/build_recipes/yaml-cpp.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 
 set -e
 
-VERSION=0.6.2
+# Pin to this commit to pick up fix for building on Visual Studio 15.8
+COMMIT=0f9a586ca1dc29c2ecb8dd715a315b93e3f40f79 # 2018-06-30
 
-curl https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/archive/yaml-cpp-"$VERSION".tar.gz -sLo yaml-cpp-"$VERSION".tar.gz
-tar xf yaml-cpp-"$VERSION".tar.gz
-cd yaml-cpp-yaml-cpp-"$VERSION"
+curl https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/archive/"$COMMIT".tar.gz -sLo yaml-cpp-"$COMMIT".tar.gz
+tar xf yaml-cpp-"$COMMIT".tar.gz
+cd yaml-cpp-"$COMMIT"
 
 mkdir build
 cd build