diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 847e83c509..123b628f66 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.28.3
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.0 // Since we are using the Istio library directly, we should also use the controller-runtime version that is used by Istio.
-	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 34f2715150..97130996f4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1339,5 +1339,5 @@ sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.3.0 h1:UZbZAZfX0wV2zr7YZorDz6GXROfDFj6Lv
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.3.0/go.mod h1:N8hJocpFajUSSeSJ9bOZ77VzejKZaXsTtZo4/u7Io08=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UJmg0vDUVViEyp3mgSv9WPwZCDxu4rQW1olrI1uml+o=
 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=
+sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=
+sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Ejl7/uTz7PSA4eKMyQCUTnhZYNmLIl+5c2lQPGR2BPY=