diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index aa00a87..59b1254 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.17.0
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
 require (
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ require (
 	go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.13.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.17.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
 
 go 1.19
diff --git a/yamlpc/yaml.go b/yamlpc/yaml.go
index b30d377..a1a0a58 100644
--- a/yamlpc/yaml.go
+++ b/yamlpc/yaml.go
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 
 	"github.com/go-openapi/runtime"
-
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 // YAMLConsumer creates a consumer for yaml data
diff --git a/yamlpc/yaml_test.go b/yamlpc/yaml_test.go
index daf5e2e..a51ff55 100644
--- a/yamlpc/yaml_test.go
+++ b/yamlpc/yaml_test.go
@@ -71,3 +71,37 @@ func TestFailYAMLReader(t *testing.T) {
 	cons := YAMLConsumer()
 	require.Error(t, cons.Consume(&failReaderWriter{}, nil))
 }
+
+func TestYAMLConsumerObject(t *testing.T) {
+	const yamlDoc = `
+---
+name: fred
+id: 123
+attributes:
+  height: 12.3
+  weight: 45
+  list:
+    - a
+    - b
+`
+	cons := YAMLConsumer()
+	var data struct {
+		Name       string
+		ID         int
+		Attributes struct {
+			Height float64
+			Weight uint64
+			List   []string
+		}
+	}
+	require.NoError(t,
+		cons.Consume(bytes.NewBufferString(yamlDoc), &data),
+	)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "fred", data.Name)
+	assert.Equal(t, 123, data.ID)
+	assert.InDelta(t, 12.3, data.Attributes.Height, 1e-9)
+	assert.Equal(t, uint64(45), data.Attributes.Weight)
+	assert.Len(t, data.Attributes.List, 2)
+	assert.Equal(t, "a", data.Attributes.List[0])
+}