diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index d945c75ac0e..086dfb25988 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Werkzeug<2.1
 #Need to add Schemas latest SDK.
 boto3>=1.19.5,==1.*
 jmespath~=0.10.0
-PyYAML~=5.3
+PyYAML>=5.4.1,==5.*
 cookiecutter~=2.1.1
 aws-sam-translator==1.55.0
 #docker minor version updates can include breaking changes. Auto update micro version only.
diff --git a/tests/integration/validate/test_validate_command.py b/tests/integration/validate/test_validate_command.py
index 064fd386604..160cead7fb3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/validate/test_validate_command.py
+++ b/tests/integration/validate/test_validate_command.py
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ class TestValidate(TestCase):
     def setUpClass(cls):
         cls.patterns = {
             TemplateFileTypes.JSON: re.compile(
-                r"template\.json can be transformed to a Cloudformation template."
-                ' Please run "sam validate --lint -t template.yaml" for additional validation(\r\n)?$'
+                r"template\.json is a valid SAM Template. This is according to basic SAM Validation, "
+                'for additional validation, please run "sam validate --lint"(\r\n)?$'
             ),
             TemplateFileTypes.YAML: re.compile(
-                r"template\.yaml can be transformed to a Cloudformation template."
-                ' Please run "sam validate --lint -t template.yaml" for additional validation(\r\n)?$'
+                r"template\.yaml is a valid SAM Template. This is according to basic SAM Validation, "
+                'for additional validation, please run "sam validate --lint"(\r\n)?$'
             ),
         }
         cls.lint_patterns = {