diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/splunkleveldb/go.mod b/instrumentation/github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/splunkleveldb/go.mod
index 9e086479d8..ea471d0326 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/splunkleveldb/go.mod
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/splunkleveldb/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.19.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/splunkleveldb/go.sum b/instrumentation/github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/splunkleveldb/go.sum
index dfbacb5a45..9878add5af 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/splunkleveldb/go.sum
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/splunkleveldb/go.sum
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ gopkg.in/fsnotify.v1 v1.4.7/go.mod h1:Tz8NjZHkW78fSQdbUxIjBTcgA1z1m8ZHf0WmKUhAMy
 gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7 h1:uRGJdciOHaEIrze2W8Q3AKkepLTh2hOroT7a+7czfdQ=
 gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7/go.mod h1:dt/ZhP58zS4L8KSrWDmTeBkI65Dw0HsyUHuEVlX15mw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8 h1:obN1ZagJSUGI0Ek/LBmuj4SNLPfIny3KsKFopxRdj10=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=