diff --git a/cmd/lint.go b/cmd/lint.go
index 80f2a8c0e8..ffd8028342 100644
--- a/cmd/lint.go
+++ b/cmd/lint.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	"github.com/elastic/package-spec/code/go/pkg/validator"
+	"github.com/elastic/package-spec/v2/code/go/pkg/validator"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-package/internal/cobraext"
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-package/internal/docs"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 62512d662d..c7576cf6f6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v7 v7.17.1
 	github.com/elastic/go-licenser v0.4.1
 	github.com/elastic/go-ucfg v0.8.6
-	github.com/elastic/package-spec v1.18.0
+	github.com/elastic/package-spec/v2 v2.0.0-rc2
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0
 	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.3.1
 	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.4.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bc79067b8f..41b69b9d81 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ github.com/elastic/go-ucfg v0.8.6 h1:stUeyh2goTgGX+/wb9gzKvTv0YB0231LTpKUgCKj4U0
 github.com/elastic/go-ucfg v0.8.6/go.mod h1:4E8mPOLSUV9hQ7sgLEJ4bvt0KhMuDJa8joDT2QGAEKA=
 github.com/elastic/gojsonschema v1.2.1 h1:cUMbgsz0wyEB4x7xf3zUEvUVDl6WCz2RKcQPul8OsQc=
 github.com/elastic/gojsonschema v1.2.1/go.mod h1:biw5eBS2Z4T02wjATMRSfecfjCmwaDPvuaqf844gLrg=
-github.com/elastic/package-spec v1.18.0 h1:1A+m6iQwuhec6lqOIbZOSHGN2OlVSWDMI8V2/RVV83Y=
-github.com/elastic/package-spec v1.18.0/go.mod h1:a50/EHVXzVT+noUHlug5RQq2Cn+WCRo5lDQD8YZYKLI=
+github.com/elastic/package-spec/v2 v2.0.0-rc2 h1:Fvn/OJdCCuX8Bq3f+oh0SesFd8tUFVxq/5T8WlN4NA4=
+github.com/elastic/package-spec/v2 v2.0.0-rc2/go.mod h1:bGpJHojIN9FYyNbqNySJ7D3mDVqOe1sL2l4m7BCSjWo=
 github.com/elazarl/goproxy v0.0.0-20180725130230-947c36da3153 h1:yUdfgN0XgIJw7foRItutHYUIhlcKzcSf5vDpdhQAKTc=
 github.com/elazarl/goproxy v0.0.0-20180725130230-947c36da3153/go.mod h1:/Zj4wYkgs4iZTTu3o/KG3Itv/qCCa8VVMlb3i9OVuzc=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful v0.0.0-20170410110728-ff4f55a20633/go.mod h1:otzb+WCGbkyDHkqmQmT5YD2WR4BBwUdeQoFo8l/7tVs=
diff --git a/internal/builder/packages.go b/internal/builder/packages.go
index fa5ab5c5c2..ff396b6bf7 100644
--- a/internal/builder/packages.go
+++ b/internal/builder/packages.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/magefile/mage/sh"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
-	"github.com/elastic/package-spec/code/go/pkg/validator"
+	"github.com/elastic/package-spec/v2/code/go/pkg/validator"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-package/internal/files"
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-package/internal/logger"
diff --git a/internal/packages/archetype/package_test.go b/internal/packages/archetype/package_test.go
index 0d4f8376de..fa1788148e 100644
--- a/internal/packages/archetype/package_test.go
+++ b/internal/packages/archetype/package_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/elastic/package-spec/code/go/pkg/validator"
+	"github.com/elastic/package-spec/v2/code/go/pkg/validator"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"