diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 235dfeb8..3c607c79 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/ratelimit v0.3.1
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.25.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.27.0
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible
 )
 
@@ -106,6 +106,5 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.21.1-0.20240508182429-e35e4ccd0d2d // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	howett.net/plist v1.0.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 31e9c6b5..07fe3914 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -219,8 +219,6 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81P
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.12 h1:0QaGUFOdQaIVdPgfITYzaTegZvdCjmYO52cSFAEVmqU=
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 7c5ade2d..50ca240e 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
 	"go.uber.org/ratelimit"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/internal/config/fetch.go b/internal/config/fetch.go
index d079a4d3..bffaf083 100644
--- a/internal/config/fetch.go
+++ b/internal/config/fetch.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/newrelic/nri-flex/internal/inputs"
 	"github.com/newrelic/nri-flex/internal/load"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 var lookupsRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`\${lookup\.([^:]+):([^}]+)}`)
diff --git a/internal/config/secrets.go b/internal/config/secrets.go
index 8f8c23a2..d39c6db0 100644
--- a/internal/config/secrets.go
+++ b/internal/config/secrets.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/kms"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
 	"github.com/newrelic/nri-flex/internal/load"
 	"github.com/newrelic/nri-flex/internal/utils"
diff --git a/internal/config/substitutions.go b/internal/config/substitutions.go
index 20c61afe..2190b911 100644
--- a/internal/config/substitutions.go
+++ b/internal/config/substitutions.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/newrelic/nri-flex/internal/formatter"
 	"github.com/newrelic/nri-flex/internal/load"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 // SubLookupFileData substitutes data from lookup files into config
diff --git a/internal/discovery/fargate.go b/internal/discovery/fargate.go
index 1234da16..2fda18c6 100644
--- a/internal/discovery/fargate.go
+++ b/internal/discovery/fargate.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/newrelic/nri-flex/internal/formatter"
 	"github.com/newrelic/nri-flex/internal/load"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 // runFargateDiscovery check aws metadata endpoint for containers