diff --git a/packages/techdocs-common/package.json b/packages/techdocs-common/package.json
index bf17cc3d9d..4a62dbb180 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-common/package.json
+++ b/packages/techdocs-common/package.json
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     "@backstage/cli": "^0.6.4",
     "@types/fs-extra": "^9.0.5",
     "@types/git-url-parse": "^9.0.0",
-    "@types/js-yaml": "^3.12.5",
+    "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.0",
     "@types/mime-types": "^2.1.0",
     "@types/mock-fs": "^4.13.0",
     "@types/pkgcloud": "^1.7.4",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f3827cad6a..e59189b3a2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6304,6 +6304,11 @@
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+"@types/js-yaml@^4.0.0":
+  version "4.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-4.0.0.tgz#d1a11688112091f2c711674df3a65ea2f47b5dfb"
+  integrity sha512-4vlpCM5KPCL5CfGmTbpjwVKbISRYhduEJvvUWsH5EB7QInhEj94XPZ3ts/9FPiLZFqYO0xoW4ZL8z2AabTGgJA==
+
 "@types/json-schema-merge-allof@^0.6.0":
   version "0.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/json-schema-merge-allof/-/json-schema-merge-allof-0.6.0.tgz#0f587d8a3bcb41a55ef2e91d3ba96430c9bc1813"