diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8c229f73a2..201dcf231e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/api v0.169.0
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	helm.sh/helm/v3 v3.14.4
 	mvdan.cc/xurls/v2 v2.4.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd
@@ -260,7 +261,6 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/api v0.29.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.29.0 // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/codeql/github_repo_upload.go b/pkg/codeql/github_repo_upload.go
index c857c2b988..8f50f4620f 100644
--- a/pkg/codeql/github_repo_upload.go
+++ b/pkg/codeql/github_repo_upload.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/transport"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/transport/http"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/storage/memory"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 type GitUploader interface {
diff --git a/pkg/kubernetes/utils.go b/pkg/kubernetes/utils.go
index 63841ff96d..2dc652d779 100644
--- a/pkg/kubernetes/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/kubernetes/utils.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/SAP/jenkins-library/pkg/command"
 	piperhttp "github.com/SAP/jenkins-library/pkg/http"
 	"github.com/SAP/jenkins-library/pkg/piperutils"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
 	"github.com/SAP/jenkins-library/pkg/log"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/yaml/yamlUtil.go b/pkg/yaml/yamlUtil.go
index d072e6303d..a6ab5bb2af 100644
--- a/pkg/yaml/yamlUtil.go
+++ b/pkg/yaml/yamlUtil.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/SAP/jenkins-library/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/SAP/jenkins-library/pkg/piperutils"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"