diff --git a/META.yml b/META.yml
index 34328e71a469..6afc2e62e53e 100644
--- a/META.yml
+++ b/META.yml
@@ -106,4 +106,4 @@ resources:
   license: https://dev.perl.org/licenses/
   repository: https://github.com/Perl/perl5
 version: '5.041007'
-x_serialization_backend: 'CPAN::Meta::YAML version 0.019'
+x_serialization_backend: 'CPAN::Meta::YAML version 0.020'
diff --git a/Porting/Maintainers.pl b/Porting/Maintainers.pl
index 320247f0add4..a34a41b8a04e 100755
--- a/Porting/Maintainers.pl
+++ b/Porting/Maintainers.pl
@@ -329,8 +329,8 @@ package Maintainers;
     },
 
     'CPAN::Meta::YAML' => {
-        'DISTRIBUTION' => 'ETHER/CPAN-Meta-YAML-0.019.tar.gz',
-        'SYNCINFO'     => 'corion on Mon Dec 16 09:12:25 2024',
+        'DISTRIBUTION' => 'ETHER/CPAN-Meta-YAML-0.020.tar.gz',
+        'SYNCINFO'     => 'ether on Mon Dec 16 12:20:28 2024',
         'FILES'        => q[cpan/CPAN-Meta-YAML],
         'EXCLUDED'     => [
             't/00-report-prereqs.t',
diff --git a/cpan/CPAN-Meta-YAML/lib/CPAN/Meta/YAML.pm b/cpan/CPAN-Meta-YAML/lib/CPAN/Meta/YAML.pm
index f575b0319866..5e2ac55081c6 100644
--- a/cpan/CPAN-Meta-YAML/lib/CPAN/Meta/YAML.pm
+++ b/cpan/CPAN-Meta-YAML/lib/CPAN/Meta/YAML.pm
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 use 5.008001; # sane UTF-8 support
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-package CPAN::Meta::YAML; # git description: v1.74-6-g56f1f15
+package CPAN::Meta::YAML; # git description: v1.75-3-g85169f1
 # XXX-INGY is 5.8.1 too old/broken for utf8?
 # XXX-XDG Lancaster consensus was that it was sufficient until
 # proven otherwise
-$CPAN::Meta::YAML::VERSION = '0.019';
+$CPAN::Meta::YAML::VERSION = '0.020';
 ; # original $VERSION removed by Doppelgaenger
 
 #####################################################################
@@ -138,10 +138,7 @@ my %UNESCAPES = (
 # These 3 values have special meaning when unquoted and using the
 # default YAML schema. They need quotes if they are strings.
 my %QUOTE = map { $_ => 1 } qw{
-    null Null NULL
-    y Y yes Yes YES n N no No NO
-    true True TRUE false False FALSE
-    on On ON off Off OFF
+    null true false
 };
 
 # The commented out form is simpler, but overloaded the Perl regex
@@ -879,7 +876,7 @@ CPAN::Meta::YAML - Read and write a subset of YAML for CPAN Meta files
 
 =head1 VERSION
 
-version 0.019
+version 0.020
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
diff --git a/cpan/CPAN-Meta-YAML/t/lib/TestBridge.pm b/cpan/CPAN-Meta-YAML/t/lib/TestBridge.pm
index 85b71443c6bd..7b84da793bd0 100644
--- a/cpan/CPAN-Meta-YAML/t/lib/TestBridge.pm
+++ b/cpan/CPAN-Meta-YAML/t/lib/TestBridge.pm
@@ -347,13 +347,11 @@ sub test_code_point {
         my $data = { chr($code) => chr($code) };
         my $dump = CPAN::Meta::YAML::Dump($data);
         $dump =~ s/^---\n//;
-        ok($dump eq $yaml or "'$dump'" eq $yaml,
-            "Dump key and value of code point char $code");
+        is $dump, $yaml, "Dump key and value of code point char $code";
 
         my $yny = CPAN::Meta::YAML::Dump(CPAN::Meta::YAML::Load($yaml));
         $yny =~ s/^---\n//;
-        ok($yny eq $yaml or "'$yny'" eq $yaml,
-            "YAML for code point $code YNY roundtrips");
+        is $yny, $yaml, "YAML for code point $code YNY roundtrips";
 
         my $nyn = CPAN::Meta::YAML::Load(CPAN::Meta::YAML::Dump($data));
         cmp_deeply( $nyn, $data, "YAML for code point $code NYN roundtrips" );