diff --git a/trunk/PKGBUILD b/trunk/PKGBUILD
index f3b67a8..28b5c51 100644
--- a/trunk/PKGBUILD
+++ b/trunk/PKGBUILD
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ prepare() {
   cd $pkgname-$pkgver
   sed -i 's,root/.local,usr,
   /SystemCallFilter/a SystemCallErrorNumber=EPERM' sample/systemd/$pkgname.service
+  #remove upper bound on ruamel.yaml version requirements
+  sed -i 's/,<0.17.0//' setup.py
 }
 
 build() {