diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e066d9335..be96010ae 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/keptn/kubernetes-utils v0.13.0
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.24.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.24.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.24.1
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	helm.sh/helm/v3 v3.6.1 // indirect
 	honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4 // indirect
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.21.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 74ef372ee..212022547 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1274,8 +1274,9 @@ 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 v3.0.0-20200615113413-eeeca48fe776/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b h1:h8qDotaEPuJATrMmW04NCwg7v22aHH28wwpauUhK9Oo=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b/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=
 gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:DsYFclhRJ6vuDpmuTbkuFWG+y2sxOXAzmJt81HFBacw=
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.0.2/go.mod h1:3SzNCllyD9/Y+b5r9JIKQ474KzkZyqLqEfYqMsX94Bk=
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.0.3/go.mod h1:Z7Lb0S5l+klDB31fvDQX8ss/FlKDxtlFlw3Oa8Ymbl8=
diff --git a/internal/config/dynatrace_config_getter.go b/internal/config/dynatrace_config_getter.go
index 748f2e424..617337ae2 100644
--- a/internal/config/dynatrace_config_getter.go
+++ b/internal/config/dynatrace_config_getter.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/keptn-contrib/dynatrace-service/internal/dynatrace"
 	"github.com/keptn-contrib/dynatrace-service/internal/keptn"
 
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 type DynatraceConfigProvider interface {
diff --git a/internal/keptn/config_client.go b/internal/keptn/config_client.go
index 1eac61247..d1b82be7e 100644
--- a/internal/keptn/config_client.go
+++ b/internal/keptn/config_client.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	keptn "github.com/keptn/go-utils/pkg/lib"
 	keptnapi "github.com/keptn/go-utils/pkg/lib/keptn"
 	keptnv2 "github.com/keptn/go-utils/pkg/lib/v0_2_0"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
 	"github.com/keptn-contrib/dynatrace-service/internal/common"
 	"github.com/keptn-contrib/dynatrace-service/internal/dynatrace"