diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index a5ac7c34..f88676e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v9
         with:
-          version: v2.8.0
+          version: v2.9.0
 
           # Optional: working directory, useful for monorepos
           # working-directory: somedir
diff --git a/deckformat/entitypointers.go b/deckformat/entitypointers.go
index c8b95f17..2e8e457e 100644
--- a/deckformat/entitypointers.go
+++ b/deckformat/entitypointers.go
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/pb33f/go-yaml"
 	"github.com/pb33f/jsonpath/pkg/jsonpath"
-	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
 )
 
 // EntityPointers is a map of entity names to an array of JSONpointers that can be used to find
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d8ff87df..7e2a0563 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/kong/go-apiops
 
-go 1.24.0
-
-toolchain go1.24.10
+go 1.26.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
@@ -12,29 +10,29 @@ require (
 	github.com/kong/go-slugify v1.0.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.2
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.2
-	github.com/pb33f/jsonpath v0.7.1
-	github.com/pb33f/libopenapi v0.33.0
+	github.com/pb33f/go-yaml v0.1.1
+	github.com/pb33f/jsonpath v0.8.4
+	github.com/pb33f/libopenapi v0.41.6
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.1
-	go.yaml.in/yaml/v4 v4.0.0-rc.4
 	golang.org/x/term v0.29.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/bahlo/generic-list-go v0.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/buger/jsonparser v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/buger/jsonparser v1.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/v3 v3.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20241210010833-40e02aabc2ad // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mozillazg/go-unidecode v0.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/pb33f/ordered-map/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/pb33f/ordered-map/v2 v2.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.33.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.23.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.30.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.28.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6b46205e..c4eeb33f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github.com/bahlo/generic-list-go v0.2.0 h1:5sz/EEAK+ls5wF+NeqDpk5+iNdMDXrh3z3nPnH1Wvgk=
 github.com/bahlo/generic-list-go v0.2.0/go.mod h1:2KvAjgMlE5NNynlg/5iLrrCCZ2+5xWbdbCW3pNTGyYg=
-github.com/buger/jsonparser v1.1.1 h1:2PnMjfWD7wBILjqQbt530v576A/cAbQvEW9gGIpYMUs=
-github.com/buger/jsonparser v1.1.1/go.mod h1:6RYKKt7H4d4+iWqouImQ9R2FZql3VbhNgx27UK13J/0=
+github.com/buger/jsonparser v1.1.2 h1:frqHqw7otoVbk5M8LlE/L7HTnIq2v9RX6EJ48i9AxJk=
+github.com/buger/jsonparser v1.1.2/go.mod h1:6RYKKt7H4d4+iWqouImQ9R2FZql3VbhNgx27UK13J/0=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -23,26 +23,24 @@ github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/kong/go-slugify v1.0.0 h1:vCFAyf2sdoSlBtLcrmDWUFn0ohlpKiKvQfXZkO5vSKY=
 github.com/kong/go-slugify v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dbR2h3J2QKXQ1k0aww6cN7o4cIcwlWflr6RKRdcoaiw=
-github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
-github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
-github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
-github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/mozillazg/go-unidecode v0.2.0 h1:vFGEzAH9KSwyWmXCOblazEWDh7fOkpmy/Z4ArmamSUc=
 github.com/mozillazg/go-unidecode v0.2.0/go.mod h1:zB48+/Z5toiRolOZy9ksLryJ976VIwmDmpQ2quyt1aA=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.2 h1:/3X8Panh8/WwhU/3Ssa6rCKqPLuAkVY2I0RoyDLySlU=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.2/go.mod h1:oeMosUL+8LtarXBHu/c0bx2D/K9zyQ6uX3cTyztHwsk=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.2 h1:koNYke6TVk6ZmnyHrCXba/T/MoLBXFjeC1PtvYgw0A8=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.2/go.mod h1:DdwyADRjrc825LhMEkD76cHR5+pUnjhUN8GlHlRPHzY=
-github.com/pb33f/jsonpath v0.7.1 h1:dEp6oIZuJbpDSyuHAl9m7GonoDW4M20BcD5vT0tPYRE=
-github.com/pb33f/jsonpath v0.7.1/go.mod h1:zBV5LJW4OQOPatmQE2QdKpGQJvhDTlE5IEj6ASaRNTo=
-github.com/pb33f/libopenapi v0.33.0 h1:s0mZhtxNW4ko8npYzMKVOUYsEs5QqZdywxGlbUE52z0=
-github.com/pb33f/libopenapi v0.33.0/go.mod h1:e/dmd2Pf1nkjqkI0r7guFSyt9T5V0IIQKgs0L6B/3b0=
-github.com/pb33f/ordered-map/v2 v2.3.0 h1:k2OhVEQkhTCQMhAicQ3Z6iInzoZNQ7L9MVomwKBZ5WQ=
-github.com/pb33f/ordered-map/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:oe5ue+6ZNhy7QN9cPZvPA23Hx0vMHnNVeMg4fGdCANw=
+github.com/pb33f/go-yaml v0.1.1 h1:yWGmhVdwzionRnSc/hEJwcfq6PaZL2QdYzyReXBbX7Q=
+github.com/pb33f/go-yaml v0.1.1/go.mod h1:QvWdkHP5VjFYAeHMQUkaPQqREaQnBNOXmWzAjNrnSdo=
+github.com/pb33f/jsonpath v0.8.4 h1:Yx7fxsKl8scgERL22WhKDs2c6gYNNUonPSWEG8Y194s=
+github.com/pb33f/jsonpath v0.8.4/go.mod h1:eO6mgdhw5RgzCxm/bXTi75VUs0/cCYJzdGjMCCUEI6M=
+github.com/pb33f/libopenapi v0.41.6 h1:W1X/5rOaAk3/Mjwrt+DHaiJO6buhruKWrbQ+pumONkA=
+github.com/pb33f/libopenapi v0.41.6/go.mod h1:mUldESjO6ownR1TCcywvoYp7e4v/bCdQyiiIqsgWne0=
+github.com/pb33f/ordered-map/v2 v2.3.2 h1:wDyaZ2Pv9QLh64X4utCeD5Zoi9nIv2aW3lwv172O5PQ=
+github.com/pb33f/ordered-map/v2 v2.3.2/go.mod h1:1OhFrXu3OYw3kM+FXF+Ug3ugmmZ9LE8z0JfQMLvtV0w=
+github.com/pb33f/testify v0.1.1 h1:mnHe7uxKt8dyNYEGUspow72VjD264DB5rOJq4bz5tJw=
+github.com/pb33f/testify v0.1.1/go.mod h1:keghMqOLECF1ENzESnfM+cwPcKN5uhTOpvbtjgL6aZg=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.9.0 h1:73kH8U+JUqXU8lRuOHeVHaa/SZPifC7BkcraZVejAe8=
-github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.9.0/go.mod h1:WtVeX8xhTBvf0smdhujwtBcq4Qrzq/fJaraNFVN+nFs=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1 h1:e5/vxKd/rZsfSJMUX1agtjeTDf+qv1/JdBF8gg5k9ZM=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1/go.mod h1:wHxEcudfqmLYa8iTfL+OuZPbBZkmvliBWKIezN3kD9Y=
@@ -52,12 +50,10 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 h1:7s2iGBzp5EwR7/aIZr8ao5+dra3wiQyKjjFuvgVKu
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1/go.mod h1:wZwfW3scLgRK+23gO65QZefKpKQRnfz6sD981Nm4B6U=
 github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.1 h1:kYKnWBjvbNP4XLT3+bPEwAXJx262OhaHDWDVOPjL46M=
 github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.1/go.mod h1:GBR0iDaNXjAgGg9zfCvksxSRnQx76gclCIb7kdAd1Pw=
-go.yaml.in/yaml/v4 v4.0.0-rc.4 h1:UP4+v6fFrBIb1l934bDl//mmnoIZEDK0idg1+AIvX5U=
-go.yaml.in/yaml/v4 v4.0.0-rc.4/go.mod h1:aZqd9kCMsGL7AuUv/m/PvWLdg5sjJsZ4oHDEnfPPfY0=
 golang.org/x/net v0.33.0 h1:74SYHlV8BIgHIFC/LrYkOGIwL19eTYXQ5wc6TBuO36I=
 golang.org/x/net v0.33.0/go.mod h1:HXLR5J+9DxmrqMwG9qjGCxZ+zKXxBru04zlTvWlWuN4=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0 h1:vV+1eWNmZ5geRlYjzm2adRgW2/mcpevXNg50YZtPCE4=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0/go.mod h1:9KTHXmSnoGruLpwFjVSX0lNNA75CykiMECbovNTZqGI=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.23.0 h1:KameEIfc1IkluZyXWLn39Wd4tURc6GbCiISGiZm2bQk=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.23.0/go.mod h1:sUUOizhqBxiL6pEWpqNLUiaJn1ShEbZ6BBqskPbjZm0=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.30.0 h1:QjkSwP/36a20jFYWkSue1YwXzLmsV5Gfq7Eiy72C1uc=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.30.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.29.0 h1:L6pJp37ocefwRRtYPKSWOWzOtWSxVajvz2ldH/xi3iU=
@@ -68,9 +64,8 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.28.0 h1:WuB6qZ4RPCQo5aP3WdKZS7i595EdWqWR8vqJTlwTVK8=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.28.0/go.mod h1:dcIOrVd3mfQKTgrDVQHqCPMWy6lnhfhtX3hLXYVLfRw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1 h1:yBPeRvTftaleIgM3PZ/WBIZ7XM/eEYAaEyCwvyjq/gk=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15 h1:YR8cESwS4TdDjEe65xsg0ogRM/Nc3DYOhEAlW+xobZo=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=
diff --git a/jsonbasics/jsonbasics.go b/jsonbasics/jsonbasics.go
index 51ad3364..f31a1a42 100644
--- a/jsonbasics/jsonbasics.go
+++ b/jsonbasics/jsonbasics.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 
-	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
+	"github.com/pb33f/go-yaml"
 )
 
 // ToObject returns the object, if it was one, or nil+err.
diff --git a/namespace/namespace.go b/namespace/namespace.go
index 07d1bac0..4747cff0 100644
--- a/namespace/namespace.go
+++ b/namespace/namespace.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/deckformat"
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/logbasics"
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/yamlbasics"
-	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
+	"github.com/pb33f/go-yaml"
 )
 
 // CheckNamespace validates the prefix namespace. Returns updated namespace. Must start with "/",
diff --git a/namespace/namespace_host.go b/namespace/namespace_host.go
index 0099230f..3ff0d1d3 100644
--- a/namespace/namespace_host.go
+++ b/namespace/namespace_host.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/logbasics"
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/yamlbasics"
-	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
+	"github.com/pb33f/go-yaml"
 )
 
 // ApplyNamespaceHost applies the namespace to the hosts field of the selected routes
diff --git a/namespace/namespace_test.go b/namespace/namespace_test.go
index 9716feb6..23833ccf 100644
--- a/namespace/namespace_test.go
+++ b/namespace/namespace_test.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/yamlbasics"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	"github.com/pb33f/go-yaml"
 	lua "github.com/yuin/gopher-lua"
-	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
 )
 
 func toYaml(data string) *yaml.Node {
diff --git a/openapi2kong/openapi2kong.go b/openapi2kong/openapi2kong.go
index 8989c942..cd1a769d 100644
--- a/openapi2kong/openapi2kong.go
+++ b/openapi2kong/openapi2kong.go
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/jsonbasics"
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/logbasics"
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/openapitools"
+	"github.com/pb33f/go-yaml"
 	"github.com/pb33f/libopenapi"
 	"github.com/pb33f/libopenapi/datamodel"
 	openapibase "github.com/pb33f/libopenapi/datamodel/high/base"
 	v3 "github.com/pb33f/libopenapi/datamodel/high/v3"
 	"github.com/pb33f/libopenapi/orderedmap"
-	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/openapi2kong/openapi2kong_test.go b/openapi2kong/openapi2kong_test.go
index 00ac61de..2b292e6d 100644
--- a/openapi2kong/openapi2kong_test.go
+++ b/openapi2kong/openapi2kong_test.go
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/pb33f/go-yaml"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
 )
 
 const fixturePath = "./oas3_testfiles/"
diff --git a/openapi2mcp/openapi2mcp.go b/openapi2mcp/openapi2mcp.go
index f133df84..fc9d27d4 100644
--- a/openapi2mcp/openapi2mcp.go
+++ b/openapi2mcp/openapi2mcp.go
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/logbasics"
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/openapi2kong"
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/openapitools"
+	"github.com/pb33f/go-yaml"
 	"github.com/pb33f/libopenapi"
 	"github.com/pb33f/libopenapi/datamodel"
 	openapibase "github.com/pb33f/libopenapi/datamodel/high/base"
 	v3 "github.com/pb33f/libopenapi/datamodel/high/v3"
 	"github.com/pb33f/libopenapi/orderedmap"
-	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/openapitools/utils.go b/openapitools/utils.go
index 6846919d..8eb6a6a9 100644
--- a/openapitools/utils.go
+++ b/openapitools/utils.go
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/jsonbasics"
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/logbasics"
 	"github.com/kong/go-slugify"
+	"github.com/pb33f/go-yaml"
 	v3 "github.com/pb33f/libopenapi/datamodel/high/v3"
 	"github.com/pb33f/libopenapi/orderedmap"
-	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
 )
 
 // ToKebabCase converts a string to kebab-case
diff --git a/patch/deckpatch.go b/patch/deckpatch.go
index ee2ce4d8..ee52884f 100644
--- a/patch/deckpatch.go
+++ b/patch/deckpatch.go
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/jsonbasics"
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/logbasics"
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/yamlbasics"
+	"github.com/pb33f/go-yaml"
 	"github.com/pb33f/jsonpath/pkg/jsonpath"
-	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
 )
 
 var DefaultSelector = []string{"$"}
diff --git a/patch/deckpatchfile.go b/patch/deckpatchfile.go
index c6e79a27..d975a1b0 100644
--- a/patch/deckpatchfile.go
+++ b/patch/deckpatchfile.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/filebasics"
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/jsonbasics"
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/logbasics"
-	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
+	"github.com/pb33f/go-yaml"
 )
 
 // DeckPatchFile represents a list of patches.
diff --git a/plugins/pluginfile.go b/plugins/pluginfile.go
index ee2d7f6e..09cd0ad0 100644
--- a/plugins/pluginfile.go
+++ b/plugins/pluginfile.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/filebasics"
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/jsonbasics"
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/logbasics"
-	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
+	"github.com/pb33f/go-yaml"
 )
 
 //
diff --git a/plugins/plugins.go b/plugins/plugins.go
index 9aff0688..c7bf2f41 100644
--- a/plugins/plugins.go
+++ b/plugins/plugins.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/jsonbasics"
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/logbasics"
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/yamlbasics"
+	"github.com/pb33f/go-yaml"
 	"github.com/pb33f/jsonpath/pkg/jsonpath"
-	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
 )
 
 // defaultSelectors is the main `plugins` array.
diff --git a/tags/tags.go b/tags/tags.go
index d18587df..40ef339f 100644
--- a/tags/tags.go
+++ b/tags/tags.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/jsonbasics"
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/logbasics"
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/yamlbasics"
+	"github.com/pb33f/go-yaml"
 	"github.com/pb33f/jsonpath/pkg/jsonpath"
-	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
 )
 
 const tagArrayName = "tags"
diff --git a/yamlbasics/nodeset.go b/yamlbasics/nodeset.go
index 7e4631ef..82c5686c 100644
--- a/yamlbasics/nodeset.go
+++ b/yamlbasics/nodeset.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package yamlbasics
 
 import (
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/logbasics"
-	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
+	"github.com/pb33f/go-yaml"
 )
 
 //
diff --git a/yamlbasics/nodeset_test.go b/yamlbasics/nodeset_test.go
index bba0393b..d07c1fd7 100644
--- a/yamlbasics/nodeset_test.go
+++ b/yamlbasics/nodeset_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/kong/go-apiops/yamlbasics"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
-	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
+	"github.com/pb33f/go-yaml"
 )
 
 var _ = Describe("NodeSet", func() {
diff --git a/yamlbasics/selectors.go b/yamlbasics/selectors.go
index 37e7c13b..91d527cb 100644
--- a/yamlbasics/selectors.go
+++ b/yamlbasics/selectors.go
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/kong/go-apiops/logbasics"
+	"github.com/pb33f/go-yaml"
 	"github.com/pb33f/jsonpath/pkg/jsonpath"
-	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
 )
 
 //
diff --git a/yamlbasics/selectors_test.go b/yamlbasics/selectors_test.go
index 28717660..6197a101 100644
--- a/yamlbasics/selectors_test.go
+++ b/yamlbasics/selectors_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/kong/go-apiops/yamlbasics"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
-	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
+	"github.com/pb33f/go-yaml"
 )
 
 var _ = Describe("selectors", func() {
diff --git a/yamlbasics/yamlbasics.go b/yamlbasics/yamlbasics.go
index 057f67c8..dbfa4fe9 100644
--- a/yamlbasics/yamlbasics.go
+++ b/yamlbasics/yamlbasics.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
-	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
+	"github.com/pb33f/go-yaml"
 )
 
 //
diff --git a/yamlbasics/yamlbasics_test.go b/yamlbasics/yamlbasics_test.go
index e5d6c446..7155ebd4 100644
--- a/yamlbasics/yamlbasics_test.go
+++ b/yamlbasics/yamlbasics_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/kong/go-apiops/yamlbasics"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
-	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
+	"github.com/pb33f/go-yaml"
 )
 
 var _ = Describe("yamlbasics", func() {