diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a5566fbfeb1..07fe14270b7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.23.4 // indirect
 	k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20220307231824-4627b89bbf1b // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.60.1-0.20220317184644-43cc75f9ae89 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 42f8fe1ee50..7a22be7753f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2125,8 +2125,8 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200615113413-eeeca48fe776/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0 h1:hjy8E9ON/egN1tAYqKb61G10WtihqetD4sz2H+8nIeA=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible h1:VsBPFP1AI068pPrMxtb/S8Zkgf9xEmTLJjfM+P5UIEo=
 gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:DsYFclhRJ6vuDpmuTbkuFWG+y2sxOXAzmJt81HFBacw=
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.0.2/go.mod h1:3SzNCllyD9/Y+b5r9JIKQ474KzkZyqLqEfYqMsX94Bk=
diff --git a/vendor/gopkg.in/yaml.v3/parserc.go b/vendor/gopkg.in/yaml.v3/parserc.go
index ac66fccc059..268558a0d63 100644
--- a/vendor/gopkg.in/yaml.v3/parserc.go
+++ b/vendor/gopkg.in/yaml.v3/parserc.go
@@ -687,6 +687,9 @@ func yaml_parser_parse_node(parser *yaml_parser_t, event *yaml_event_t, block, i
 func yaml_parser_parse_block_sequence_entry(parser *yaml_parser_t, event *yaml_event_t, first bool) bool {
 	if first {
 		token := peek_token(parser)
+		if token == nil {
+			return false
+		}
 		parser.marks = append(parser.marks, token.start_mark)
 		skip_token(parser)
 	}
@@ -786,7 +789,7 @@ func yaml_parser_split_stem_comment(parser *yaml_parser_t, stem_len int) {
 	}
 
 	token := peek_token(parser)
-	if token.typ != yaml_BLOCK_SEQUENCE_START_TOKEN && token.typ != yaml_BLOCK_MAPPING_START_TOKEN {
+	if token == nil || token.typ != yaml_BLOCK_SEQUENCE_START_TOKEN && token.typ != yaml_BLOCK_MAPPING_START_TOKEN {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -813,6 +816,9 @@ func yaml_parser_split_stem_comment(parser *yaml_parser_t, stem_len int) {
 func yaml_parser_parse_block_mapping_key(parser *yaml_parser_t, event *yaml_event_t, first bool) bool {
 	if first {
 		token := peek_token(parser)
+		if token == nil {
+			return false
+		}
 		parser.marks = append(parser.marks, token.start_mark)
 		skip_token(parser)
 	}
@@ -922,6 +928,9 @@ func yaml_parser_parse_block_mapping_value(parser *yaml_parser_t, event *yaml_ev
 func yaml_parser_parse_flow_sequence_entry(parser *yaml_parser_t, event *yaml_event_t, first bool) bool {
 	if first {
 		token := peek_token(parser)
+		if token == nil {
+			return false
+		}
 		parser.marks = append(parser.marks, token.start_mark)
 		skip_token(parser)
 	}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index dae2f98b367..c4876943e33 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ gopkg.in/inf.v0
 # gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 ## explicit; go 1.15
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2
-# gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0
+# gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 ## explicit
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3
 # k8s.io/api v0.23.5