diff --git a/plugin/syntastic/registry.vim b/plugin/syntastic/registry.vim
index 4640bf7..c912307 100644
--- a/plugin/syntastic/registry.vim
+++ b/plugin/syntastic/registry.vim
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ let s:_DEFAULT_CHECKERS = {
         \ 'xslt':          ['xmllint'],
         \ 'xquery':        ['basex'],
         \ 'yacc':          ['bison'],
-        \ 'yaml':          ['jsyaml'],
+        \ 'yaml':          ['yamllint'],
         \ 'yang':          ['pyang'],
         \ 'yara':          ['yarac'],
         \ 'z80':           ['z80syntaxchecker'],