diff --git a/binding/yaml.go b/binding/yaml.go
index b0d36a35..2535f8c3 100644
--- a/binding/yaml.go
+++ b/binding/yaml.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 type yamlBinding struct{}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e9698339..2b7a98cc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.7
 	golang.org/x/net v0.4.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
 require (
@@ -32,5 +32,4 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20211215153901-e495a2d5b3d3 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.3.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.5.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6d8df64a..a4f0f387 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
 gopkg.in/errgo.v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:hNsd1EY+bozCKY1Ytp96fpM3vjJbqLJn88ws8XvfDNI=
-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 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
diff --git a/render/render_test.go b/render/render_test.go
index c5c5375f..ebb7d414 100644
--- a/render/render_test.go
+++ b/render/render_test.go
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ b:
 
 	err := (YAML{data}).Render(w)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, "\"\\na : Easy!\\nb:\\n\\tc: 2\\n\\td: [3, 4]\\n\\t\"\n", w.Body.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, "|4-\n    a : Easy!\n    b:\n    \tc: 2\n    \td: [3, 4]\n    \t\n", w.Body.String())
 	assert.Equal(t, "application/x-yaml; charset=utf-8", w.Header().Get("Content-Type"))
 }
 
diff --git a/render/yaml.go b/render/yaml.go
index 4f0ac01f..fc927c1f 100644
--- a/render/yaml.go
+++ b/render/yaml.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package render
 import (
 	"net/http"
 
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 // YAML contains the given interface object.