diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c0989e87..3d33f816 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/sourcegraph/jsonrpc2 v0.2.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9eda4982..ab059703 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EV
 gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 h1:wFXVbFY8DY5/xOe1ECiWdKCzZlxgshcYVNkBHstARME=
 gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2/go.mod h1:jksf8JmL6Qr/oQM2OXTHunEvvTAsrWBLb6OOjuVWRNI=
 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=
diff --git a/pkg/linter/linter_test.go b/pkg/linter/linter_test.go
index 1e49a128..ecce4bd6 100644
--- a/pkg/linter/linter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/linter/linter_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"slices"
 	"testing"
 
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
 	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/ast"
 	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/topdown"