diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c888ec5594..7d596eb6d4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v0.4.1-0.20210715081448-3b0e046a8008
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v0.4.1-0.20210715081448-3b0e046a8008
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.2
-	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a33944f744..8fbf7deb7a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1615,5 +1615,6 @@ sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.3/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.0 h1:C4r9BgJ98vrKnnVCjwCSXcWjWe0NKcUQkmzDXZXGwH8=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.0/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UJmg0vDUVViEyp3mgSv9WPwZCDxu4rQW1olrI1uml+o=
-sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0 h1:kr/MCeFWJWTwyaHoR9c8EjH9OumOmoF9YGiZd7lFm/Q=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=
+sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 h1:a2VclLzOGrwOHDiV8EfBGhvjHvP46CtW5j6POvhYGGo=
+sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0/go.mod h1:GeOyir5tyXNByN85N/dRIT9es5UQNerPYEKK56eTBm8=