diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9924a7dc..e4db347c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.3
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -69,5 +70,4 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230406110748-d93618cff8a2 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 // indirect
 )