diff --git a/e2e-tests/tests/release/service/final_pipeline_finalizer_removed.go b/e2e-tests/tests/release/service/final_pipeline_finalizer_removed.go
index bdec91ffc..0aef5abda 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/tests/release/service/final_pipeline_finalizer_removed.go
+++ b/e2e-tests/tests/release/service/final_pipeline_finalizer_removed.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/devfile/library/v2/pkg/util"
 	tektonutils "github.com/konflux-ci/release-service/tekton/utils"
 	tektonv1 "github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1"
-	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v2"
+	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v3"
 
 	releaseApi "github.com/konflux-ci/release-service/api/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/konflux-ci/release-service/e2e-tests/pkg/constants"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a832a3ef4..eb7193577 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.42.1
 	github.com/operator-framework/operator-lib v0.19.0
 	github.com/tektoncd/pipeline v1.13.1
-	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.4
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4
 	k8s.io/api v0.35.6
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.2
 	k8s.io/client-go v11.0.0+incompatible
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.44.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.44.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.10.0 // indirect
-	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.53.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20260611194520-c48552f49976 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.37.0 // indirect