diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 45f2ca9..9c53166 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-awscli>=1.11.130
 configargparse>=0.9.3
-PyYAML<=3.13,>=3.10
+PyYAML>=4.2b1
 Jinja2>=2.7.3
 boto>=2.40.0
 tabulate>=0.7.5
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1c8f2ab..d40e18d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
     exec(f.read(), about)
 
 install_requires = [
-    'awscli>=1.11.130',
     'configargparse>=0.9.3',
-    'PyYAML<=3.13,>=3.10',
+    'PyYAML>=4.2b1',
     'Jinja2>=2.7.3',
     'boto>=2.40.0',
     'tabulate>=0.7.5',
diff --git a/stacks/__about__.py b/stacks/__about__.py
index 9282314..def7334 100644
--- a/stacks/__about__.py
+++ b/stacks/__about__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '0.4.3'
+__version__ = '0.4.4'
 __licence__ = 'MIT'
 __url__ = 'https://stacks.tools'
 __maintainer__ = 'Vaidas Jablonskis'
diff --git a/stacks/cf.py b/stacks/cf.py
index d1e4b14..b6a133e 100644
--- a/stacks/cf.py
+++ b/stacks/cf.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import json
 import sys
 import time
+# noinspection PyProtectedMember
 from collections import Mapping, Set, Sequence
 from datetime import datetime
 from fnmatch import fnmatch
@@ -18,12 +19,12 @@
 import pytz
 import tzlocal
 import yaml
-from awscli.customizations.cloudformation.yamlhelper import intrinsics_multi_constructor
 from boto.exception import BotoServerError
 from jinja2 import meta
 from tabulate import tabulate
 
 from stacks.aws import get_stack_tag, get_stack_template, throttling_retry
+from stacks.helpers import intrinsics_multi_constructor
 from stacks.states import FAILED_STACK_STATES, COMPLETE_STACK_STATES, ROLLBACK_STACK_STATES, IN_PROGRESS_STACK_STATES
 
 YES = ['y', 'Y', 'yes', 'YES', 'Yes']
diff --git a/stacks/helpers.py b/stacks/helpers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dce0f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stacks/helpers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# noinspection PyProtectedMember
+from yaml.resolver import ScalarNode, SequenceNode
+
+
+# noinspection PyUnusedLocal
+def intrinsics_multi_constructor(loader, tag_prefix, node):
+    """
+    YAML constructor to parse CloudFormation intrinsics.
+    This will return a dictionary with key being the instrinsic name
+    """
+
+    # Get the actual tag name excluding the first exclamation
+    tag = node.tag[1:]
+
+    # Some intrinsic functions doesn't support prefix "Fn::"
+    prefix = "Fn::"
+    if tag in ["Ref", "Condition"]:
+        prefix = ""
+
+    cfntag = prefix + tag
+
+    if tag == "GetAtt" and isinstance(node.value, str):
+        # ShortHand notation for !GetAtt accepts Resource.Attribute format
+        # while the standard notation is to use an array
+        # [Resource, Attribute]. Convert shorthand to standard format
+        value = node.value.split(".", 1)
+
+    elif isinstance(node, ScalarNode):
+        # Value of this node is scalar
+        value = loader.construct_scalar(node)
+
+    elif isinstance(node, SequenceNode):
+        # Value of this node is an array (Ex: [1,2])
+        value = loader.construct_sequence(node)
+
+    else:
+        # Value of this node is an mapping (ex: {foo: bar})
+        value = loader.construct_mapping(node)
+
+    return {cfntag: value}