diff --git a/src/languageservice/services/yamlDefinition.ts b/src/languageservice/services/yamlDefinition.ts
index aeab3033..16feb347 100644
--- a/src/languageservice/services/yamlDefinition.ts
+++ b/src/languageservice/services/yamlDefinition.ts
@@ -7,29 +7,34 @@ import { DefinitionParams, LocationLink, Range } from 'vscode-languageserver-pro
 import { TextDocument } from 'vscode-languageserver-textdocument';
 import { DefinitionLink } from 'vscode-languageserver-types';
 import { isAlias } from 'yaml';
+import { Telemetry } from '../../languageserver/telemetry';
 import { yamlDocumentsCache } from '../parser/yaml-documents';
 import { matchOffsetToDocument } from '../utils/arrUtils';
 import { TextBuffer } from '../utils/textBuffer';
 
-export function getDefinition(document: TextDocument, params: DefinitionParams): DefinitionLink[] | undefined {
-  try {
-    const yamlDocument = yamlDocumentsCache.getYamlDocument(document);
-    const offset = document.offsetAt(params.position);
-    const currentDoc = matchOffsetToDocument(offset, yamlDocument);
-    if (currentDoc) {
-      const [node] = currentDoc.getNodeFromPosition(offset, new TextBuffer(document));
-      if (node && isAlias(node)) {
-        const defNode = node.resolve(currentDoc.internalDocument);
-        if (defNode && defNode.range) {
-          const targetRange = Range.create(document.positionAt(defNode.range[0]), document.positionAt(defNode.range[2]));
-          const selectionRange = Range.create(document.positionAt(defNode.range[0]), document.positionAt(defNode.range[1]));
-          return [LocationLink.create(document.uri, targetRange, selectionRange)];
+export class YamlDefinition {
+  constructor(private readonly telemetry: Telemetry) {}
+
+  getDefinition(document: TextDocument, params: DefinitionParams): DefinitionLink[] | undefined {
+    try {
+      const yamlDocument = yamlDocumentsCache.getYamlDocument(document);
+      const offset = document.offsetAt(params.position);
+      const currentDoc = matchOffsetToDocument(offset, yamlDocument);
+      if (currentDoc) {
+        const [node] = currentDoc.getNodeFromPosition(offset, new TextBuffer(document));
+        if (node && isAlias(node)) {
+          const defNode = node.resolve(currentDoc.internalDocument);
+          if (defNode && defNode.range) {
+            const targetRange = Range.create(document.positionAt(defNode.range[0]), document.positionAt(defNode.range[2]));
+            const selectionRange = Range.create(document.positionAt(defNode.range[0]), document.positionAt(defNode.range[1]));
+            return [LocationLink.create(document.uri, targetRange, selectionRange)];
+          }
         }
       }
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.telemetry.sendError('yaml.definition.error', { error: err.toString() });
     }
-  } catch (err) {
-    this.telemetry.sendError('yaml.definition.error', { error: err.toString() });
-  }
 
-  return undefined;
+    return undefined;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/languageservice/yamlLanguageService.ts b/src/languageservice/yamlLanguageService.ts
index 764ee425..551ec57a 100644
--- a/src/languageservice/yamlLanguageService.ts
+++ b/src/languageservice/yamlLanguageService.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ import { YamlCompletion } from './services/yamlCompletion';
 import { yamlDocumentsCache } from './parser/yaml-documents';
 import { SettingsState } from '../yamlSettings';
 import { JSONSchemaSelection } from '../languageserver/handlers/schemaSelectionHandlers';
-import { getDefinition } from './services/yamlDefinition';
+import { YamlDefinition } from './services/yamlDefinition';
 
 export enum SchemaPriority {
   SchemaStore = 1,
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ export function getLanguageService(
   const yamlCodeActions = new YamlCodeActions(clientCapabilities);
   const yamlCodeLens = new YamlCodeLens(schemaService, telemetry);
   const yamlLinks = new YamlLinks(telemetry);
+  const yamlDefinition = new YamlDefinition(telemetry);
 
   new JSONSchemaSelection(schemaService, yamlSettings, connection);
 
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ export function getLanguageService(
     doHover: hover.doHover.bind(hover),
     findDocumentSymbols: yamlDocumentSymbols.findDocumentSymbols.bind(yamlDocumentSymbols),
     findDocumentSymbols2: yamlDocumentSymbols.findHierarchicalDocumentSymbols.bind(yamlDocumentSymbols),
-    doDefinition: getDefinition.bind(getDefinition),
+    doDefinition: yamlDefinition.getDefinition.bind(yamlDefinition),
     resetSchema: (uri: string) => {
       return schemaService.onResourceChange(uri);
     },
diff --git a/test/yamlDefinition.test.ts b/test/yamlDefinition.test.ts
index 5846557e..d6c29153 100644
--- a/test/yamlDefinition.test.ts
+++ b/test/yamlDefinition.test.ts
@@ -5,19 +5,26 @@
 
 import { setupTextDocument, TEST_URI } from './utils/testHelper';
 import { expect } from 'chai';
-import { getDefinition } from '../src/languageservice/services/yamlDefinition';
+import { YamlDefinition } from '../src/languageservice/services/yamlDefinition';
 import { LocationLink, Position, Range } from 'vscode-languageserver-protocol';
+import { Telemetry } from '../src/languageserver/telemetry';
 
 describe('YAML Definition', () => {
   it('should not provide definition for non anchor node', () => {
     const doc = setupTextDocument('foo: &bar some\naaa: *bar');
-    const result = getDefinition(doc, { position: Position.create(1, 2), textDocument: { uri: TEST_URI } });
+    const result = new YamlDefinition({} as Telemetry).getDefinition(doc, {
+      position: Position.create(1, 2),
+      textDocument: { uri: TEST_URI },
+    });
     expect(result).is.undefined;
   });
 
   it('should provide definition for anchor', () => {
     const doc = setupTextDocument('foo: &bar some\naaa: *bar');
-    const result = getDefinition(doc, { position: Position.create(1, 7), textDocument: { uri: TEST_URI } });
+    const result = new YamlDefinition({} as Telemetry).getDefinition(doc, {
+      position: Position.create(1, 7),
+      textDocument: { uri: TEST_URI },
+    });
     expect(result).is.not.undefined;
     expect(result[0]).is.eqls(LocationLink.create(TEST_URI, Range.create(0, 10, 1, 0), Range.create(0, 10, 0, 14)));
   });