diff --git a/.pnp.cjs b/.pnp.cjs
index de9373a8d7f9..589dcaad06df 100755
--- a/.pnp.cjs
+++ b/.pnp.cjs
@@ -9822,7 +9822,7 @@ const RAW_RUNTIME_STATE =
         "packageDependencies": [\
           ["@types/js-yaml", "npm:3.12.5"],\
           ["@yarnpkg/parsers", "workspace:packages/yarnpkg-parsers"],\
-          ["js-yaml", "npm:3.14.1"],\
+          ["js-yaml", "npm:4.1.0"],\
           ["pegjs", "npm:0.10.0"],\
           ["tslib", "npm:2.6.2"]\
         ],\
diff --git a/.yarn/versions/20f8e43c.yml b/.yarn/versions/20f8e43c.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..64cf68edf32a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.yarn/versions/20f8e43c.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+releases:
+  "@yarnpkg/builder": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/cli": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/core": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/doctor": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/extensions": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/nm": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/parsers": minor
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-compat": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-constraints": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-dlx": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-essentials": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-exec": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-file": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-git": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-github": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-http": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-init": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-interactive-tools": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-jsr": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-link": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-nm": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-npm": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-npm-cli": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-pack": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-patch": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-pnp": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-pnpm": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-stage": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-typescript": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-version": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-workspace-tools": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/pnpify": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/sdks": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/shell": patch
diff --git a/packages/yarnpkg-parsers/package.json b/packages/yarnpkg-parsers/package.json
index 69e56bf88641..69b6590ce506 100644
--- a/packages/yarnpkg-parsers/package.json
+++ b/packages/yarnpkg-parsers/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "./package.json": "./package.json"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "js-yaml": "^3.10.0",
+    "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
     "tslib": "^2.4.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/yarnpkg-parsers/sources/syml.ts b/packages/yarnpkg-parsers/sources/syml.ts
index b4e81d9cc321..ab6b2ce9bceb 100644
--- a/packages/yarnpkg-parsers/sources/syml.ts
+++ b/packages/yarnpkg-parsers/sources/syml.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import {safeLoad, FAILSAFE_SCHEMA} from 'js-yaml';
+import {load, FAILSAFE_SCHEMA} from 'js-yaml';
 
-import {parse}                     from './grammars/syml';
+import {parse}                 from './grammars/syml';
 
 const simpleStringPattern = /^(?![-?:,\][{}#&*!|>'"%@` \t\r\n]).([ \t]*(?![,\][{}:# \t\r\n]).)*$/;
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ function parseViaJsYaml(source: string) {
   if (LEGACY_REGEXP.test(source))
     return parseViaPeg(source);
 
-  const value = safeLoad(source, {
+  const value = load(source, {
     schema: FAILSAFE_SCHEMA,
     json: true,
   });
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 459ace878a39..ab21dcf292ce 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5923,7 +5923,7 @@ __metadata:
   resolution: "@yarnpkg/parsers@workspace:packages/yarnpkg-parsers"
   dependencies:
     "@types/js-yaml": "npm:^3.11.1"
-    js-yaml: "npm:^3.10.0"
+    js-yaml: "npm:^4.1.0"
     pegjs: "npm:^0.10.0"
     tslib: "npm:^2.4.0"
   languageName: unknown
@@ -13956,7 +13956,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"js-yaml@npm:^3.10.0, js-yaml@npm:^3.13.1":
+"js-yaml@npm:^3.13.1":
   version: 3.14.1
   resolution: "js-yaml@npm:3.14.1"
   dependencies: