diff --git a/api/types/string.go b/api/types/string.go
index a7637d714..33ddacb59 100644
--- a/api/types/string.go
+++ b/api/types/string.go
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/buildkite/yaml"
 	json "github.com/ghodss/yaml"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 // ToString is a helper function to convert
diff --git a/compiler/native/compile.go b/compiler/native/compile.go
index 1b630c2e0..a1f259400 100644
--- a/compiler/native/compile.go
+++ b/compiler/native/compile.go
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	yml "github.com/buildkite/yaml"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp"
-	yml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
 	api "github.com/go-vela/server/api/types"
 	"github.com/go-vela/server/internal"
diff --git a/compiler/native/compile_test.go b/compiler/native/compile_test.go
index 29a37c8d3..3670cae07 100644
--- a/compiler/native/compile_test.go
+++ b/compiler/native/compile_test.go
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	yml "github.com/buildkite/yaml"
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/google/go-github/v65/github"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
-	yml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
 	api "github.com/go-vela/server/api/types"
 	"github.com/go-vela/server/internal"
@@ -2056,7 +2056,7 @@ func Test_client_modifyConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				Name:        "docker",
 				Pull:        "always",
 				Parameters: map[string]interface{}{
-					"init_options": map[string]interface{}{
+					"init_options": map[interface{}]interface{}{
 						"get_plugins": "true",
 					},
 				},
@@ -2089,7 +2089,7 @@ func Test_client_modifyConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				Name:        "docker",
 				Pull:        "always",
 				Parameters: map[string]interface{}{
-					"init_options": map[string]interface{}{
+					"init_options": map[interface{}]interface{}{
 						"get_plugins": "true",
 					},
 				},
diff --git a/compiler/native/expand_test.go b/compiler/native/expand_test.go
index 6e4c877d4..08ae0a165 100644
--- a/compiler/native/expand_test.go
+++ b/compiler/native/expand_test.go
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ func TestNative_ExpandStepsMulti(t *testing.T) {
 					"auth_method": "token",
 					"username":    "octocat",
 					"items": []interface{}{
-						map[string]interface{}{"path": "docker", "source": "secret/docker"},
+						map[interface{}]interface{}{"path": "docker", "source": "secret/docker"},
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ func TestNative_ExpandStepsMulti(t *testing.T) {
 					"auth_method": "token",
 					"username":    "octocat",
 					"items": []interface{}{
-						map[string]interface{}{"path": "docker", "source": "secret/docker"},
+						map[interface{}]interface{}{"path": "docker", "source": "secret/docker"},
 					},
 				},
 			},
diff --git a/compiler/native/parse.go b/compiler/native/parse.go
index 6da637188..fb96b5428 100644
--- a/compiler/native/parse.go
+++ b/compiler/native/parse.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	"github.com/buildkite/yaml"
 
 	"github.com/go-vela/server/compiler/template/native"
 	"github.com/go-vela/server/compiler/template/starlark"
diff --git a/compiler/native/substitute.go b/compiler/native/substitute.go
index 53e9973e9..9bbc717cd 100644
--- a/compiler/native/substitute.go
+++ b/compiler/native/substitute.go
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/buildkite/yaml"
 	"github.com/drone/envsubst"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
 	types "github.com/go-vela/types/yaml"
 )
diff --git a/compiler/template/native/convert.go b/compiler/template/native/convert.go
index d59aa100e..ee45ef809 100644
--- a/compiler/template/native/convert.go
+++ b/compiler/template/native/convert.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ package native
 import (
 	"strings"
 
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	"github.com/buildkite/yaml"
 
 	"github.com/go-vela/types/raw"
 )
diff --git a/compiler/template/native/render.go b/compiler/template/native/render.go
index 3de50bc4b..a31f642b6 100644
--- a/compiler/template/native/render.go
+++ b/compiler/template/native/render.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"text/template"
 
 	"github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	"github.com/buildkite/yaml"
 
 	"github.com/go-vela/types/raw"
 	types "github.com/go-vela/types/yaml"
diff --git a/compiler/template/native/render_test.go b/compiler/template/native/render_test.go
index 70653fde5..f4c92160d 100644
--- a/compiler/template/native/render_test.go
+++ b/compiler/template/native/render_test.go
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
+	goyaml "github.com/buildkite/yaml"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
-	goyaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
 	"github.com/go-vela/types/raw"
 	"github.com/go-vela/types/yaml"
diff --git a/compiler/template/starlark/render.go b/compiler/template/starlark/render.go
index b3e69f12f..93b37cd78 100644
--- a/compiler/template/starlark/render.go
+++ b/compiler/template/starlark/render.go
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
+	yaml "github.com/buildkite/yaml"
 	"go.starlark.net/starlark"
 	"go.starlark.net/starlarkstruct"
-	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
 	"github.com/go-vela/types/raw"
 	types "github.com/go-vela/types/yaml"
diff --git a/compiler/template/starlark/render_test.go b/compiler/template/starlark/render_test.go
index fa30377d0..a730f1088 100644
--- a/compiler/template/starlark/render_test.go
+++ b/compiler/template/starlark/render_test.go
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
+	goyaml "github.com/buildkite/yaml"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
-	goyaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
 	"github.com/go-vela/types/raw"
 	"github.com/go-vela/types/yaml"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 53fc2e4b1..f6a58457d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,15 +7,16 @@ require (
 	github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.2
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.3.0
 	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.3.0
-	github.com/adhocore/gronx v1.19.0
+	github.com/adhocore/gronx v1.19.1
 	github.com/alicebob/miniredis/v2 v2.33.0
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.55.5
+	github.com/buildkite/yaml v0.0.0-20181016232759-0caa5f0796e3
 	github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0
 	github.com/drone/envsubst v1.0.3
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.10.0
 	github.com/go-playground/assert/v2 v2.2.0
-	github.com/go-vela/types v0.25.0-rc1
+	github.com/go-vela/types v0.25.0-rc2
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.1
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/go-github/v65 v65.0.0
@@ -49,7 +50,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.23.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.6.0
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	gorm.io/driver/postgres v1.5.9
 	gorm.io/driver/sqlite v1.5.6
 	gorm.io/gorm v1.25.12
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.66.1 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4f741e0d4..03fa5e454 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.1.1 h1:WEQqlqaGbrPkxLJWfBwQmfEAE1Z7ONdDLqrN38tN
 github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.1.1/go.mod h1:c11w/QuzBsJSee3cPx9rAFu61PvFxuPbtSwDGJws/X0=
 github.com/PuerkitoBio/urlesc v0.0.0-20170810143723-de5bf2ad4578 h1:d+Bc7a5rLufV/sSk/8dngufqelfh6jnri85riMAaF/M=
 github.com/PuerkitoBio/urlesc v0.0.0-20170810143723-de5bf2ad4578/go.mod h1:uGdkoq3SwY9Y+13GIhn11/XLaGBb4BfwItxLd5jeuXE=
-github.com/adhocore/gronx v1.19.0 h1:GrEvNMPDwXND+YFadCyFVQPC+/xxoGJaQzu+duNf6aU=
-github.com/adhocore/gronx v1.19.0/go.mod h1:7oUY1WAU8rEJWmAxXR2DN0JaO4gi9khSgKjiRypqteg=
+github.com/adhocore/gronx v1.19.1 h1:S4c3uVp5jPjnk00De0lslyTenGJ4nA3Ydbkj1SbdPVc=
+github.com/adhocore/gronx v1.19.1/go.mod h1:7oUY1WAU8rEJWmAxXR2DN0JaO4gi9khSgKjiRypqteg=
 github.com/alicebob/gopher-json v0.0.0-20180125190556-5a6b3ba71ee6/go.mod h1:SGnFV6hVsYE877CKEZ6tDNTjaSXYUk6QqoIK6PrAtcc=
 github.com/alicebob/gopher-json v0.0.0-20200520072559-a9ecdc9d1d3a h1:HbKu58rmZpUGpz5+4FfNmIU+FmZg2P3Xaj2v2bfNWmk=
 github.com/alicebob/gopher-json v0.0.0-20200520072559-a9ecdc9d1d3a/go.mod h1:SGnFV6hVsYE877CKEZ6tDNTjaSXYUk6QqoIK6PrAtcc=
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ github.com/bsm/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.0 h1:Ny8MWAHyOepLGlLKYmXG4IEkioBysk6GpaRTLC8zwWs=
 github.com/bsm/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.0/go.mod h1:SwYbGRRDovPVboqFv0tPTcG1sN61LM1Z4ARdbAV9g4c=
 github.com/bsm/gomega v1.27.10 h1:yeMWxP2pV2fG3FgAODIY8EiRE3dy0aeFYt4l7wh6yKA=
 github.com/bsm/gomega v1.27.10/go.mod h1:JyEr/xRbxbtgWNi8tIEVPUYZ5Dzef52k01W3YH0H+O0=
+github.com/buildkite/yaml v0.0.0-20181016232759-0caa5f0796e3 h1:q+sMKdA6L8LyGVudTkpGoC73h6ak2iWSPFiFo/pFOU8=
+github.com/buildkite/yaml v0.0.0-20181016232759-0caa5f0796e3/go.mod h1:5hCug3EZaHXU3FdCA3gJm0YTNi+V+ooA2qNTiVpky4A=
 github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.12.2 h1:oaMFuRTpMHYLpCntGca65YWt5ny+wAceDERTkT2L9lg=
 github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.12.2/go.mod h1:B8Gt/XvtZ3Fqj+iSKMypzymZxw/FVwgIGKzMzT9r/rk=
 github.com/bytedance/sonic/loader v0.1.1/go.mod h1:ncP89zfokxS5LZrJxl5z0UJcsk4M4yY2JpfqGeCtNLU=
@@ -100,8 +102,8 @@ github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.22.1 h1:40JcKH+bBNGFczGuoBYgX4I6m/i27
 github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.22.1/go.mod h1:dbuPbCMFw/DrkbEynArYaCwl3amGuJotoKCe95atGMM=
 github.com/go-test/deep v1.0.2 h1:onZX1rnHT3Wv6cqNgYyFOOlgVKJrksuCMCRvJStbMYw=
 github.com/go-test/deep v1.0.2/go.mod h1:wGDj63lr65AM2AQyKZd/NYHGb0R+1RLqB8NKt3aSFNA=
-github.com/go-vela/types v0.25.0-rc1 h1:5pCV4pVt1bm6YYUdkNglRDa3PcFX3qGtf5rrmkUvdOc=
-github.com/go-vela/types v0.25.0-rc1/go.mod h1:fLv2pbzIy6puAV6Cgh5ixUcchTUHT4D3xX05zIhkA9I=
+github.com/go-vela/types v0.25.0-rc2 h1:FFj9DgwmTWzU72PsJC41BUJOdi0UHOO2pCvoyIlLlmQ=
+github.com/go-vela/types v0.25.0-rc2/go.mod h1:gyKVRQjNosAJy4AJ164CnEF6jIkwd1y6Cm5pZ6M20ZM=
 github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.3 h1:KZ5WoDbxAIgm2HNbYckL0se1fHD6rz5j4ywS6ebzDqA=
 github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.3/go.mod h1:oq7eo15ShAhp70Anwd5lgX2pLfOS3QCiwU/PULtXL6M=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 h1:Ov1cvc58UF3b5XjBnZv7+opcTcQFZebYjWzi34vdm4Q=
diff --git a/mock/server/pipeline.go b/mock/server/pipeline.go
index aaa06daf7..0d90cf45d 100644
--- a/mock/server/pipeline.go
+++ b/mock/server/pipeline.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 
+	yml "github.com/buildkite/yaml"
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
-	yml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
 	"github.com/go-vela/types"
 	"github.com/go-vela/types/library"