diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/pom.xml
index 9a356461..f2144f99 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/pom.xml
@@ -36,10 +36,14 @@
 			<version>5.0.3</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
+		<!--<dependency>-->
+			<!--<groupId>com.esotericsoftware.yamlbeans</groupId>-->
+			<!--<artifactId>yamlbeans</artifactId>-->
+			<!--<version>1.13</version>-->
+		<!--</dependency>-->
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.esotericsoftware.yamlbeans</groupId>
-			<artifactId>yamlbeans</artifactId>
-			<version>1.13</version>
+			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/spring/ReleaserPropertiesUpdater.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/spring/ReleaserPropertiesUpdater.java
index 8e6f559c..12fc0bf4 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/spring/ReleaserPropertiesUpdater.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/spring/ReleaserPropertiesUpdater.java
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 package org.springframework.cloud.release.internal.spring;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileReader;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import com.esotericsoftware.yamlbeans.YamlReader;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.YamlMapFactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.YamlPropertiesFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.source.MapConfigurationPropertySource;
 import org.springframework.cloud.release.internal.ReleaserProperties;
 import org.springframework.cloud.release.internal.ReleaserPropertiesAware;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource;
 
 /**
  * @author Marcin Grzejszczak
@@ -41,10 +41,16 @@ class ReleaserPropertiesUpdater {
 		File releaserConfig = new File(clonedProjectFromOrg, "config/releaser.yml");
 		if (releaserConfig.exists()) {
 			try {
-				Object read = new YamlReader(new FileReader(releaserConfig)).read();
+				YamlPropertiesFactoryBean yamlProcessor = new YamlPropertiesFactoryBean();
+				yamlProcessor.setResources(new FileSystemResource(releaserConfig));
+				Properties properties = yamlProcessor.getObject();
 				ReleaserProperties releaserProperties = new Binder(
-						new MapConfigurationPropertySource((Map) read))
-						.bind("releaser", ReleaserProperties.class).get();
+						new MapConfigurationPropertySource(properties.entrySet().stream().collect(
+								Collectors.toMap(
+										e -> e.getKey().toString(),
+										e -> e.getValue().toString()
+								)
+						))).bind("releaser", ReleaserProperties.class).get();
 				log.info("config/releaser.yml found. Will update the current properties");
 				copy.setMaven(releaserProperties.getMaven());
 				copy.setGradle(releaserProperties.getGradle());
diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/spring/ReleaserPropertiesIntegrationTests.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/spring/ReleaserPropertiesIntegrationTests.java
index 243a5114..b1727c89 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/spring/ReleaserPropertiesIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/spring/ReleaserPropertiesIntegrationTests.java
@@ -53,7 +53,24 @@ public class ReleaserPropertiesIntegrationTests {
 			ReleaserPropertiesHaving having = ((ReleaserPropertiesHaving) aware);
 				BDDAssertions.then(having.properties.getPom().getBranch()).isEqualTo("barrrr");
 				BDDAssertions.then(having.properties.getMaven().getBuildCommand()).isEqualTo("./scripts/noIntegration.sh");
-	});
+		});
+	}
+
+	@Test public void should_update_properties_including_existing_releaser_config_for_netflix() {
+		ReleaserProperties properties = new ReleaserProperties();
+		properties.getPom().setBranch("bazzzz");
+		URL resource = ReleaserPropertiesIntegrationTests.class
+				.getResource("/projects/project-with-netflix-config");
+
+		new ReleaserPropertiesUpdater(this.context).updateProperties(properties,
+				new File(resource.getFile()));
+
+		BDDAssertions.then(this.propertiesAware).hasSize(2);
+		this.propertiesAware.forEach(aware -> {
+			ReleaserPropertiesHaving having = ((ReleaserPropertiesHaving) aware);
+				BDDAssertions.then(having.properties.getPom().getBranch()).isEqualTo("bazzzz");
+				BDDAssertions.then(having.properties.getMaven().getBuildCommand()).isEqualTo("./scripts/build.sh  {{systemProps}}");
+		});
 	}
 
 	@Configuration
diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/test/resources/projects/project-with-netflix-config/config/releaser.yml b/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/test/resources/projects/project-with-netflix-config/config/releaser.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..304529b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/test/resources/projects/project-with-netflix-config/config/releaser.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+releaser:
+  maven:
+    buildCommand: ./scripts/build.sh  {{systemProps}}
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