diff --git a/clientv3/yaml/config.go b/clientv3/yaml/config.go
index 35bd84fb53c9..dc3e246e277a 100644
--- a/clientv3/yaml/config.go
+++ b/clientv3/yaml/config.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"io/ioutil"
 
-	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/clientv3"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/tlsutil"
diff --git a/clientv3/yaml/config_test.go b/clientv3/yaml/config_test.go
index bcf28b434570..7a8f71280ac2 100644
--- a/clientv3/yaml/config_test.go
+++ b/clientv3/yaml/config_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/embed/config.go b/embed/config.go
index 95189e186c0c..a7cdfd13c8c3 100644
--- a/embed/config.go
+++ b/embed/config.go
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
+
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/etcdserver"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/etcdserver/api/v3compactor"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/flags"
@@ -36,7 +38,6 @@ import (
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/transport"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/types"
 
-	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
 	bolt "go.etcd.io/bbolt"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
diff --git a/embed/config_test.go b/embed/config_test.go
index 091375892214..e5077ec39f4e 100644
--- a/embed/config_test.go
+++ b/embed/config_test.go
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/transport"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
-	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/transport"
 )
 
 func TestConfigFileOtherFields(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/etcdmain/config.go b/etcdmain/config.go
index e06d642c7e6e..f74e863dee6d 100644
--- a/etcdmain/config.go
+++ b/etcdmain/config.go
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 
+	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
+
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/embed"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/flags"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/types"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/version"
 
-	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
diff --git a/etcdmain/config_test.go b/etcdmain/config_test.go
index 6c01184bee1f..f68ae34eadd4 100644
--- a/etcdmain/config_test.go
+++ b/etcdmain/config_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
+
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/embed"
 )
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 80d042fcc4e1..a84c2c121478 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v0.0.0-20171111073723-bb3d318650d4
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0 // indirect
-	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.1-0.20190212211648-25d852aebe32
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.0.0
 	github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20160516000752-02826c3e7903
@@ -60,4 +59,5 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/cheggaaa/pb.v1 v1.0.25
 	gopkg.in/gemnasium/logrus-airbrake-hook.v2 v2.1.2 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2
+	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 270c485cf627..312d050418ac 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0 h1:DkWD4oS2D8LGGgTQ6IvwJJXSL5Vp2ffcQg58nFV38Ys=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7 h1:IXs+QLmnXW2CcXuY+8Mzv/fWEsPGWxqefPtCP5CnV9I=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
-github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.1-0.20190212211648-25d852aebe32 h1:Mn26/9ZMNWSw9C9ERFA1PUxfmGpolnw2v0bKOREu5ew=
-github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.1-0.20190212211648-25d852aebe32/go.mod h1:GIjDIg/heH5DOkXY3YJ/wNhfHsQHoXGjl8G8amsYQ1I=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.0.0 h1:2jyBKDKU/8v3v2xVR2PtiWQviFUyiaGk2rpfyFT8rTM=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.0.0/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7atdtwQ=
 github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b h1:VKtxabqXZkF25pY9ekfRL6a582T4P37/31XEstQ5p58=
@@ -135,3 +133,5 @@ gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7/go.mod h1:dt/ZhP58zS4L8KSrWD
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
+sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0 h1:4A07+ZFc2wgJwo8YNlQpr1rVlgUDlxXHhPJciaPY5gs=
+sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UJmg0vDUVViEyp3mgSv9WPwZCDxu4rQW1olrI1uml+o=