diff --git a/hack/tools/go.mod b/hack/tools/go.mod
index 24bf2a25a4..43f52bd7f8 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.mod
+++ b/hack/tools/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
 	github.com/itchyny/gojq v0.12.13
 	github.com/joelanford/go-apidiff v0.7.0
-	github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4 v4.40.2
+	github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4 v4.40.3
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.27.2
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.27.1
diff --git a/hack/tools/go.sum b/hack/tools/go.sum
index 224bdc6063..2fe08e78f9 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.sum
+++ b/hack/tools/go.sum
@@ -769,8 +769,8 @@ github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.50 h1:DQUfb9uc6smULcREF09Uc+/Gd46YWqJd5DbpPE9xkcA=
 github.com/miekg/pkcs11 v1.0.3-0.20190429190417-a667d056470f/go.mod h1:XsNlhZGX73bx86s2hdc/FuaLm2CPZJemRLMA+WTFxgs=
 github.com/miekg/pkcs11 v1.1.1 h1:Ugu9pdy6vAYku5DEpVWVFPYnzV+bxB+iRdbuFSu7TvU=
 github.com/miekg/pkcs11 v1.1.1/go.mod h1:XsNlhZGX73bx86s2hdc/FuaLm2CPZJemRLMA+WTFxgs=
-github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4 v4.40.2 h1:KA+s3fc1sB8GhOJOAzoyJlNJSD6u7+nbXJmcwCSCviU=
-github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4 v4.40.2/go.mod h1:TSqdLNAFlwmIGQBQYIzeOX+wDWkCTWfRGWDrxQwGCaQ=
+github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4 v4.40.3 h1:pSJua3IGua3O+HFXp5LkMheqEOHMRQAkkCcgVhqi4VY=
+github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4 v4.40.3/go.mod h1:TSqdLNAFlwmIGQBQYIzeOX+wDWkCTWfRGWDrxQwGCaQ=
 github.com/mitchellh/cli v1.0.0/go.mod h1:hNIlj7HEI86fIcpObd7a0FcrxTWetlwJDGcceTlRvqc=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.0.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 h1:lukF9ziXFxDFPkA1vsr5zpc1XuPDn/wFntq5mG+4E0Y=