diff --git a/packages/techdocs-common/package.json b/packages/techdocs-common/package.json
index cef5920c35..fd20475352 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-common/package.json
+++ b/packages/techdocs-common/package.json
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
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     "@types/fs-extra": "^9.0.5",
     "@types/git-url-parse": "^9.0.0",
-    "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.0",
+    "@types/js-yaml": "^3.12.5",
     "@types/mime-types": "^2.1.0",
     "@types/mock-fs": "^4.13.0",
     "@types/recursive-readdir": "^2.2.0"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e31e107e09..00c6a5d4c8 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5771,7 +5771,7 @@
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-"@types/js-yaml@^3.12.1", "@types/js-yaml@^3.12.5", "@types/js-yaml@^4.0.0":
+"@types/js-yaml@^3.12.1", "@types/js-yaml@^3.12.5":
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   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.12.5.tgz#136d5e6a57a931e1cce6f9d8126aa98a9c92a6bb"
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