diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index f85e0d30b9..48df31d94a 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ linter-settings:
 linters:
   disable-all: true
   enable:
-    - deadcode
     - errcheck
     - goconst
     - gofmt
@@ -20,10 +19,8 @@ linters:
     - predeclared
     - revive
     - staticcheck
-    - structcheck
     - typecheck
     - unconvert
     - unparam
     - unused
-    - varcheck
     - wastedassign
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 784d80fbf8..10f7c814fd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/basgys/goxml2json v1.1.0
 	github.com/bufbuild/protocompile v0.5.1
 	github.com/cpuguy83/dockercfg v0.3.1
-	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0
 	github.com/go-akka/configuration v0.0.0-20200606091224-a002c0330665
 	github.com/go-ini/ini v1.67.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ require (
 	muzzammil.xyz/jsonc v1.0.0
 	olympos.io/encoding/edn v0.0.0-20201019073823-d3554ca0b0a3
 	oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.3.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -125,5 +125,4 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.66.2 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5f97a53344..4b2f265ba7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -309,7 +309,6 @@ github.com/foxcpp/go-mockdns v1.0.0 h1:7jBqxd3WDWwi/6WhDvacvH1XsN3rOLXyHM1uhvIx6
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 h1:n+5WquG0fcWoWp6xPWfHdbskMCQaFnG6PfBrh1Ky4HY=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0/go.mod h1:sl3t1tCWJFWoRz9R8WJCbQihKKwmorjAbSClcnxKAGw=
-github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0 h1:wQHKEahhL6wmXdzwWG11gIVCkOv05bNOh+Rxn0yngAk=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
 github.com/go-akka/configuration v0.0.0-20200606091224-a002c0330665 h1:Iz3aEheYgn+//VX7VisgCmF/wW3BMtXCLbvHV4jMQJA=
 github.com/go-akka/configuration v0.0.0-20200606091224-a002c0330665/go.mod h1:19bUnum2ZAeftfwwLZ/wRe7idyfoW2MfmXO464Hrfbw=
diff --git a/parser/yaml/yaml.go b/parser/yaml/yaml.go
index e2b4d9b684..671eacd184 100644
--- a/parser/yaml/yaml.go
+++ b/parser/yaml/yaml.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
 
 // Parser is a YAML parser.
diff --git a/plugin/plugin.go b/plugin/plugin.go
index 49052f917f..d871221320 100644
--- a/plugin/plugin.go
+++ b/plugin/plugin.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
-	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
 
 const (