diff --git a/src/Builder/DefaultDriverFactory.php b/src/Builder/DefaultDriverFactory.php
index 5b53daf68..ffcf9b290 100644
--- a/src/Builder/DefaultDriverFactory.php
+++ b/src/Builder/DefaultDriverFactory.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 use Metadata\Driver\DriverChain;
 use Metadata\Driver\DriverInterface;
 use Metadata\Driver\FileLocator;
+use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Yaml;
 
 final class DefaultDriverFactory implements DriverFactoryInterface
 {
@@ -62,11 +63,15 @@ public function createDriver(array $metadataDirs, Reader $annotationReader): Dri
 
         if (!empty($metadataDirs)) {
             $fileLocator = new FileLocator($metadataDirs);
-            $driver = new DriverChain([
-                new YamlDriver($fileLocator, $this->propertyNamingStrategy, $this->typeParser, $this->expressionEvaluator),
-                new XmlDriver($fileLocator, $this->propertyNamingStrategy, $this->typeParser, $this->expressionEvaluator),
-                $driver,
-            ]);
+            $innerDriver = $driver;
+            $driver = new DriverChain();
+
+            if (class_exists(Yaml::class)) {
+                $driver->addDriver(new YamlDriver($fileLocator, $this->propertyNamingStrategy, $this->typeParser, $this->expressionEvaluator));
+            }
+
+            $driver->addDriver(new XmlDriver($fileLocator, $this->propertyNamingStrategy, $this->typeParser, $this->expressionEvaluator));
+            $driver->addDriver($innerDriver);
         }
 
         $driver->addDriver(new NullDriver($this->propertyNamingStrategy));