diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5ce41fac..4274bb5c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
 	github.com/zricethezav/gitleaks/v8 v8.18.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.1.0
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
 require (
@@ -48,5 +48,4 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 92e019ae..e885b7b6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -533,8 +533,6 @@ gopkg.in/errgo.v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:hNsd1EY+bozCKY1Ytp96fpM3vjJbqLJn88ws8XvfDNI=
 gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 h1:Dgnx+6+nfE+IfzjUEISNeydPJh9AXNNsWbGP9KzCsOA=
 gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0/go.mod h1:pNLf8WUiyNEtQjuu5G5vTm06TEv9tsIgeAvK8hOrP4k=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/reporting/yaml.go b/reporting/yaml.go
index e9335002..ad8e3d48 100644
--- a/reporting/yaml.go
+++ b/reporting/yaml.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package reporting
 
 import (
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 func writeYaml(report Report) (string, error) {