diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 33ddcd46..f5a12501 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180826012351-8a410e7b638d // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20180314180146-1d60e4601c6f
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180831094639-fa5fdf94c789 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.1
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20190409140830-cdc409dda467
 	mvdan.cc/sh v2.6.4+incompatible
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 18f0ea37..6cc2a86b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180831094639-fa5fdf94c789 h1:T8D7l6WB3tLu+VpKvw06ieD/O
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180831094639-fa5fdf94c789/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.1 h1:mUhvW9EsL+naU5Q3cakzfE91YhliOondGd6ZrsDBHQE=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20190409140830-cdc409dda467 h1:w3VhdSYz2sIVz54Ta/eDCCfCQ4fQkDgRxMACggArIUw=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20190409140830-cdc409dda467/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 mvdan.cc/sh v2.6.4+incompatible h1:eD6tDeh0pw+/TOTI1BBEryZ02rD2nMcFsgcvde7jffM=
 mvdan.cc/sh v2.6.4+incompatible/go.mod h1:IeeQbZq+x2SUGBensq/jge5lLQbS3XT2ktyp3wrt4x8=
diff --git a/internal/taskfile/read/taskfile.go b/internal/taskfile/read/taskfile.go
index b3911e4e..001d940c 100644
--- a/internal/taskfile/read/taskfile.go
+++ b/internal/taskfile/read/taskfile.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v2/internal/taskfile"
 
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/internal/taskfile/read/taskvars.go b/internal/taskfile/read/taskvars.go
index b2022140..f664cf04 100644
--- a/internal/taskfile/read/taskvars.go
+++ b/internal/taskfile/read/taskvars.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v2/internal/taskfile"
 
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 // Taskvars reads a Taskvars for a given directory
diff --git a/internal/taskfile/taskfile_test.go b/internal/taskfile/taskfile_test.go
index 0fed779d..9b229a07 100644
--- a/internal/taskfile/taskfile_test.go
+++ b/internal/taskfile/taskfile_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v2/internal/taskfile"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 func TestCmdParse(t *testing.T) {