diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 406b8140fe..73724f68c9 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 /cmd/pipelines/           @jefferycheng1 @kanterov @lennartkats-db
 /cmd/labs/                @alexott @nfx
 /cmd/apps/                @databricks/eng-app-devex
-/libs/apps/               @databricks/eng-app-devex
 /cmd/workspace/apps/      @databricks/eng-app-devex
 /libs/apps/               @databricks/eng-app-devex
 /acceptance/apps/         @databricks/eng-app-devex
diff --git a/cmd/apps/import.go b/cmd/apps/import.go
index d8c8e5223e..927f5a39c0 100644
--- a/cmd/apps/import.go
+++ b/cmd/apps/import.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v3"
 
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle/deploy/terraform"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6b13a33a85..32e25e6798 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ require (
 // Dependencies for experimental MCP commands
 require github.com/google/jsonschema-go v0.4.2 // MIT
 
-require gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
-
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/auth v0.16.5 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/auth/oauth2adapt v0.2.8 // indirect
@@ -100,4 +98,5 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250922171735-9219d122eba9 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.1 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.9 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/libs/apps/initializer/initializer.go b/libs/apps/initializer/initializer.go
index 6f063aa9e2..868413784f 100644
--- a/libs/apps/initializer/initializer.go
+++ b/libs/apps/initializer/initializer.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v3"
 )
 
 // InitResult contains the outcome of an initialization operation.