diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 0eb5c31f..3c5951d1 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ jobs:
   - bash: |
       curl -L https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:phiwag:edatools/xUbuntu_16.04/Release.key | sudo apt-key add -
       sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/phiwag:/edatools/xUbuntu_16.04/ /' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/edatools.list"
+      # Uninstall distribution-provided version to get a newer version through pip
+      sudo apt-get remove -y python3-yaml
       sudo apt-get update
       sudo apt-get install -y \
           python3 \
diff --git a/python-requirements.txt b/python-requirements.txt
index 03e049f3..b517f5e1 100644
--- a/python-requirements.txt
+++ b/python-requirements.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ git+https://github.com/lowRISC/edalize.git@ot
 
 # Development version with OT-specific changes
 git+https://github.com/lowRISC/fusesoc.git@ot
+
+pyyaml