diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8a452d5d728..782248a2b89 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.1.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20210112200429-01de73cf58bd
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	k8s.io/release v0.7.1-0.20210218090651-d71805402dab
 	k8s.io/test-infra v0.0.0-20200813194141-e9678d500461
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dbb3c5fefb5..69645006b9d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1900,8 +1900,9 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0/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 v3.0.0-20190709130402-674ba3eaed22/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c h1:dUUwHk2QECo/6vqA44rthZ8ie2QXMNeKRTHCNY2nXvo=
 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=
 gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:DsYFclhRJ6vuDpmuTbkuFWG+y2sxOXAzmJt81HFBacw=
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.0.2/go.mod h1:3SzNCllyD9/Y+b5r9JIKQ474KzkZyqLqEfYqMsX94Bk=
 helm.sh/helm/v3 v3.1.1/go.mod h1:WYsFJuMASa/4XUqLyv54s0U/f3mlAaRErGmyy4z921g=