diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index d8f17b1aa7..99eba89987 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@
     "jest-css-modules": "^2.1.0",
     "jest-environment-jsdom": "^29.0.2",
     "jest-runtime": "^29.0.2",
-    "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
     "json-schema": "^0.4.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^2.4.2",
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/versions/bump.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/versions/bump.ts
index e092302393..e41bd98c49 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/versions/bump.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/versions/bump.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import ora from 'ora';
 import semver from 'semver';
 import { OptionValues } from 'commander';
-import yaml from 'js-yaml';
+import yaml from 'yaml';
 import z from 'zod';
 import { isError, NotFoundError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { resolve as resolvePath } from 'path';
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ async function getHasYarnPlugin() {
     return false;
   }
 
-  const parseResult = yarnRcSchema.safeParse(yaml.load(yarnRcContent));
+  const parseResult = yarnRcSchema.safeParse(yaml.parse(yarnRcContent));
 
   if (!parseResult.success) {
     throw new Error(
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4fe52d4987..82455ac5f1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3993,7 +3993,6 @@ __metadata:
     jest-css-modules: ^2.1.0
     jest-environment-jsdom: ^29.0.2
     jest-runtime: ^29.0.2
-    js-yaml: ^4.1.0
     json-schema: ^0.4.0
     lodash: ^4.17.21
     mini-css-extract-plugin: ^2.4.2