diff --git a/pkg/utils/yaml_utils/yaml_utils.go b/pkg/utils/yaml_utils/yaml_utils.go
index f38a47264..4363dedf3 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/yaml_utils/yaml_utils.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/yaml_utils/yaml_utils.go
@@ -95,3 +95,58 @@ func lookupKey(node *yaml.Node, key string) (*yaml.Node, *yaml.Node) {
 
 	return nil, nil
 }
+
+// takes a yaml document in bytes, a path to a key, and a new name for the key.
+// Will rename the key to the new name if it exists, and do nothing otherwise.
+func RenameYamlKey(yamlBytes []byte, path []string, newKey string) ([]byte, error) {
+	// Parse the YAML file.
+	var node yaml.Node
+	err := yaml.Unmarshal(yamlBytes, &node)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse YAML: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Empty document: nothing to do.
+	if len(node.Content) == 0 {
+		return yamlBytes, nil
+	}
+
+	body := node.Content[0]
+
+	if err := renameYamlKey(body, path, newKey); err != nil {
+		return yamlBytes, err
+	}
+
+	// Convert the updated YAML node back to YAML bytes.
+	updatedYAMLBytes, err := yaml.Marshal(body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to convert YAML node to bytes: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return updatedYAMLBytes, nil
+}
+
+// Recursive function to rename the YAML key.
+func renameYamlKey(node *yaml.Node, path []string, newKey string) error {
+	if node.Kind != yaml.MappingNode {
+		return errors.New("yaml node in path is not a dictionary")
+	}
+
+	keyNode, valueNode := lookupKey(node, path[0])
+	if keyNode == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// end of path reached: rename key
+	if len(path) == 1 {
+		// Check that new key doesn't exist yet
+		if newKeyNode, _ := lookupKey(node, newKey); newKeyNode != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("new key `%s' already exists", newKey)
+		}
+
+		keyNode.Value = newKey
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return renameYamlKey(valueNode, path[1:], newKey)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/utils/yaml_utils/yaml_utils_test.go b/pkg/utils/yaml_utils/yaml_utils_test.go
index 6a544cee5..2e29fce75 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/yaml_utils/yaml_utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/yaml_utils/yaml_utils_test.go
@@ -106,3 +106,80 @@ func TestUpdateYamlValue(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestRenameYamlKey(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		in          string
+		path        []string
+		newKey      string
+		expectedOut string
+		expectedErr string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "rename key",
+			in:          "foo: 5\n",
+			path:        []string{"foo"},
+			newKey:      "bar",
+			expectedOut: "bar: 5\n",
+			expectedErr: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "rename key, nested",
+			in:     "foo:\n  bar: 5\n",
+			path:   []string{"foo", "bar"},
+			newKey: "baz",
+			// indentation is not preserved. See https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml/issues/899
+			expectedOut: "foo:\n    baz: 5\n",
+			expectedErr: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "rename non-scalar key",
+			in:     "foo:\n  bar: 5\n",
+			path:   []string{"foo"},
+			newKey: "qux",
+			// indentation is not preserved. See https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml/issues/899
+			expectedOut: "qux:\n    bar: 5\n",
+			expectedErr: "",
+		},
+
+		// Error cases
+		{
+			name:        "existing document is not a dictionary",
+			in:          "42\n",
+			path:        []string{"foo"},
+			newKey:      "bar",
+			expectedOut: "42\n",
+			expectedErr: "yaml node in path is not a dictionary",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "not all path elements are dictionaries",
+			in:          "foo:\n  bar: [1, 2, 3]\n",
+			path:        []string{"foo", "bar", "baz"},
+			newKey:      "qux",
+			expectedOut: "foo:\n  bar: [1, 2, 3]\n",
+			expectedErr: "yaml node in path is not a dictionary",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "new key exists",
+			in:          "foo: 5\nbar: 7\n",
+			path:        []string{"foo"},
+			newKey:      "bar",
+			expectedOut: "foo: 5\nbar: 7\n",
+			expectedErr: "new key `bar' already exists",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			out, actualErr := RenameYamlKey([]byte(test.in), test.path, test.newKey)
+			if test.expectedErr == "" {
+				assert.NoError(t, actualErr)
+			} else {
+				assert.EqualError(t, actualErr, test.expectedErr)
+			}
+
+			assert.Equal(t, test.expectedOut, string(out))
+		})
+	}
+}