diff --git a/benchmarks/go.mod b/benchmarks/go.mod
index 953275271..b9dec4729 100644
--- a/benchmarks/go.mod
+++ b/benchmarks/go.mod
@@ -24,5 +24,4 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.1.12 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211103235746-7861aae1554b // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/benchmarks/go.sum b/benchmarks/go.sum
index 897046b5a..fc9b749eb 100644
--- a/benchmarks/go.sum
+++ b/benchmarks/go.sum
@@ -133,9 +133,6 @@ gopkg.in/inconshreveable/log15.v2 v2.0.0-20200109203555-b30bc20e4fd1/go.mod h1:a
 gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7/go.mod h1:dt/ZhP58zS4L8KSrWDmTeBkI65Dw0HsyUHuEVlX15mw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8/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 v3.0.0-20200605160147-a5ece683394c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b h1:h8qDotaEPuJATrMmW04NCwg7v22aHH28wwpauUhK9Oo=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 301a452e3..f866c2607 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.1.11
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 947baf4e8..73053b7e3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8T
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 h1:qIbj1fsPNlZgppZ+VLlY7N33q108Sa+fhmuc+sWQYwY=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8 h1:obN1ZagJSUGI0Ek/LBmuj4SNLPfIny3KsKFopxRdj10=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b h1:h8qDotaEPuJATrMmW04NCwg7v22aHH28wwpauUhK9Oo=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/zapcore/encoder_test.go b/zapcore/encoder_test.go
index 1bb5a3cea..c0dbc5bb1 100644
--- a/zapcore/encoder_test.go
+++ b/zapcore/encoder_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
 	. "go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 )
diff --git a/zapgrpc/internal/test/go.mod b/zapgrpc/internal/test/go.mod
index 794989a86..53c32c168 100644
--- a/zapgrpc/internal/test/go.mod
+++ b/zapgrpc/internal/test/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.1.12 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.7.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b // indirect
 )
 
diff --git a/zapgrpc/internal/test/go.sum b/zapgrpc/internal/test/go.sum
index 88fcb1fdd..12c218465 100644
--- a/zapgrpc/internal/test/go.sum
+++ b/zapgrpc/internal/test/go.sum
@@ -156,9 +156,6 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EV
 gopkg.in/errgo.v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:hNsd1EY+bozCKY1Ytp96fpM3vjJbqLJn88ws8XvfDNI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.3/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8/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 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b h1:h8qDotaEPuJATrMmW04NCwg7v22aHH28wwpauUhK9Oo=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=