diff --git a/exporter/go.mod b/exporter/go.mod
index c3ba7db15f1..39c8f466fc8 100644
--- a/exporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/go.mod
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
 require (
@@ -61,7 +62,6 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241202173237-19429a94021a // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.70.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.5 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component => ../component