diff --git a/api/go.mod b/api/go.mod
index a0423dfe..b79f78be 100644
--- a/api/go.mod
+++ b/api/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.32.0
 	github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/lib-common/modules/common v0.3.1-0.20240408095526-357d8fffa034
 	github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/lib-common/modules/storage v0.3.1-0.20240408095526-357d8fffa034
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.28.8
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.8
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.8
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.28.8 // indirect
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.28.8 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.110.1 // indirect
diff --git a/api/v1beta1/openstackansibleee_webhook.go b/api/v1beta1/openstackansibleee_webhook.go
index 9723c0b5..9aa733bb 100644
--- a/api/v1beta1/openstackansibleee_webhook.go
+++ b/api/v1beta1/openstackansibleee_webhook.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 
 	"github.com/go-playground/validator/v10"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func (spec *OpenStackAnsibleEESpec) ValidateCreate() field.ErrorList {
 			errors = append(errors, field.Invalid(
 				field.NewPath("spec.env"),
 				spec.Env,
-				fmt.Sprintf("ansible-runner does not support ANSIBLE_ENABLE_TASK_DEBUGGER"),
+				"ansible-runner does not support ANSIBLE_ENABLE_TASK_DEBUGGER",
 			))
 		}
 	}