diff --git a/cmd/postgres_exporter/queries.go b/cmd/postgres_exporter/queries.go
index fa0b5c272..5db4f0452 100644
--- a/cmd/postgres_exporter/queries.go
+++ b/cmd/postgres_exporter/queries.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 // UserQuery represents a user defined query
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a83cc7121..e5ef1519f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.10.0
 	github.com/smartystreets/goconvey v1.8.1
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
@@ -44,4 +43,5 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 )