diff --git a/__tests__/spelling.js b/__tests__/spelling.js
index 1d0a166ff9..c5f09b6919 100755
--- a/__tests__/spelling.js
+++ b/__tests__/spelling.js
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ function getCuratedMarkdownBody(body, options = {}) {
  * @returns {String[]}
  */
 function getSpellIgnored() {
-	const ignoreConfigured = yaml.safeLoad(fs.readFileSync('./__tests__/spelling-ignore.yml', 'utf8'), {schema: yaml.FAILSAFE_SCHEMA}) //added schema due to entries starting with a non-zero digit
+	const ignoreConfigured = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync('./__tests__/spelling-ignore.yml', 'utf8'), {schema: yaml.FAILSAFE_SCHEMA}) //added schema due to entries starting with a non-zero digit
 
 	/*
 	Building spelling exception in the shape FOOxxx where xxx is a number.
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f2df45ad15..ddbe67427c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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 				"jest-27-expect-message": "^1.1.0",
 				"jest-extended": "^4.0.2",
-				"js-yaml": "^3.14.1",
+				"js-yaml": "^4.1.1",
 				"lint-staged": "^9.5.0",
 				"marked": "^4.0.10",
 				"moment": "^2.29.4",
@@ -639,6 +639,28 @@
 				"node": ">=8"
 			}
 		},
+		"node_modules/@istanbuljs/load-nyc-config/node_modules/argparse": {
+			"version": "1.0.10",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/argparse/-/argparse-1.0.10.tgz",
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+			"dev": true,
+			"dependencies": {
+				"sprintf-js": "~1.0.2"
+			}
+		},
+		"node_modules/@istanbuljs/load-nyc-config/node_modules/js-yaml": {
+			"version": "3.14.1",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.14.1.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-okMH7OXXJ7YrN9Ok3/SXrnu4iX9yOk+25nqX4imS2npuvTYDmo/QEZoqwZkYaIDk3jVvBOTOIEgEhaLOynBS9g==",
+			"dev": true,
+			"dependencies": {
+				"argparse": "^1.0.7",
+				"esprima": "^4.0.0"
+			},
+			"bin": {
+				"js-yaml": "bin/js-yaml.js"
+			}
+		},
 		"node_modules/@istanbuljs/load-nyc-config/node_modules/resolve-from": {
 			"version": "5.0.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/resolve-from/-/resolve-from-5.0.0.tgz",
@@ -2270,13 +2292,10 @@
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-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/argparse/-/argparse-1.0.10.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-o5Roy6tNG4SL/FOkCAN6RzjiakZS25RLYFrcMttJqbdd8BWrnA+fGz57iN5Pb06pvBGvl5gQ0B48dJlslXvoTg==",
-			"dev": true,
-			"dependencies": {
-				"sprintf-js": "~1.0.2"
-			}
+			"version": "2.0.1",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/argparse/-/argparse-2.0.1.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-8+9WqebbFzpX9OR+Wa6O29asIogeRMzcGtAINdpMHHyAg10f05aSFVBbcEqGf/PXw1EjAZ+q2/bEBg3DvurK3Q==",
+			"dev": true
 		},
 		"node_modules/aria-query": {
 			"version": "4.2.2",
@@ -2984,6 +3003,28 @@
 				"node": ">=4"
 			}
 		},
+		"node_modules/cosmiconfig/node_modules/argparse": {
+			"version": "1.0.10",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/argparse/-/argparse-1.0.10.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-o5Roy6tNG4SL/FOkCAN6RzjiakZS25RLYFrcMttJqbdd8BWrnA+fGz57iN5Pb06pvBGvl5gQ0B48dJlslXvoTg==",
+			"dev": true,
+			"dependencies": {
+				"sprintf-js": "~1.0.2"
+			}
+		},
+		"node_modules/cosmiconfig/node_modules/js-yaml": {
+			"version": "3.14.1",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.14.1.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-okMH7OXXJ7YrN9Ok3/SXrnu4iX9yOk+25nqX4imS2npuvTYDmo/QEZoqwZkYaIDk3jVvBOTOIEgEhaLOynBS9g==",
+			"dev": true,
+			"dependencies": {
+				"argparse": "^1.0.7",
+				"esprima": "^4.0.0"
+			},
+			"bin": {
+				"js-yaml": "bin/js-yaml.js"
+			}
+		},
 		"node_modules/create-require": {
 			"version": "1.1.1",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/create-require/-/create-require-1.1.1.tgz",
@@ -3499,6 +3540,28 @@
 				"through2": "^3.0.1"
 			}
 		},
+		"node_modules/fastmatter/node_modules/argparse": {
+			"version": "1.0.10",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/argparse/-/argparse-1.0.10.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-o5Roy6tNG4SL/FOkCAN6RzjiakZS25RLYFrcMttJqbdd8BWrnA+fGz57iN5Pb06pvBGvl5gQ0B48dJlslXvoTg==",
+			"dev": true,
+			"dependencies": {
+				"sprintf-js": "~1.0.2"
+			}
+		},
+		"node_modules/fastmatter/node_modules/js-yaml": {
+			"version": "3.14.1",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.14.1.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-okMH7OXXJ7YrN9Ok3/SXrnu4iX9yOk+25nqX4imS2npuvTYDmo/QEZoqwZkYaIDk3jVvBOTOIEgEhaLOynBS9g==",
+			"dev": true,
+			"dependencies": {
+				"argparse": "^1.0.7",
+				"esprima": "^4.0.0"
+			},
+			"bin": {
+				"js-yaml": "bin/js-yaml.js"
+			}
+		},
 		"node_modules/fastq": {
 			"version": "1.7.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fastq/-/fastq-1.7.0.tgz",
@@ -6781,13 +6844,12 @@
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-			"integrity": "sha512-okMH7OXXJ7YrN9Ok3/SXrnu4iX9yOk+25nqX4imS2npuvTYDmo/QEZoqwZkYaIDk3jVvBOTOIEgEhaLOynBS9g==",
+			"version": "4.1.1",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-4.1.1.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-qQKT4zQxXl8lLwBtHMWwaTcGfFOZviOJet3Oy/xmGk2gZH677CJM9EvtfdSkgWcATZhj/55JZ0rmy3myCT5lsA==",
 			"dev": true,
 			"dependencies": {
-				"argparse": "^1.0.7",
-				"esprima": "^4.0.0"
+				"argparse": "^2.0.1"
 			},
 			"bin": {
 				"js-yaml": "bin/js-yaml.js"
@@ -9150,7 +9212,7 @@
 		"node_modules/sprintf-js": {
 			"version": "1.0.3",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sprintf-js/-/sprintf-js-1.0.3.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha1-BOaSb2YolTVPPdAVIDYzuFcpfiw=",
+			"integrity": "sha512-D9cPgkvLlV3t3IzL0D0YLvGA9Ahk4PcvVwUbN0dSGr1aP0Nrt4AEnTUbuGvquEC0mA64Gqt1fzirlRs5ibXx8g==",
 			"dev": true
 		},
 		"node_modules/sshpk": {
@@ -10934,6 +10996,25 @@
 				"resolve-from": "^5.0.0"
 			},
 			"dependencies": {
+				"argparse": {
+					"version": "1.0.10",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/argparse/-/argparse-1.0.10.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha512-o5Roy6tNG4SL/FOkCAN6RzjiakZS25RLYFrcMttJqbdd8BWrnA+fGz57iN5Pb06pvBGvl5gQ0B48dJlslXvoTg==",
+					"dev": true,
+					"requires": {
+						"sprintf-js": "~1.0.2"
+					}
+				},
+				"js-yaml": {
+					"version": "3.14.1",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.14.1.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha512-okMH7OXXJ7YrN9Ok3/SXrnu4iX9yOk+25nqX4imS2npuvTYDmo/QEZoqwZkYaIDk3jVvBOTOIEgEhaLOynBS9g==",
+					"dev": true,
+					"requires": {
+						"argparse": "^1.0.7",
+						"esprima": "^4.0.0"
+					}
+				},
 				"resolve-from": {
 					"version": "5.0.0",
 					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/resolve-from/-/resolve-from-5.0.0.tgz",
@@ -12241,13 +12322,10 @@
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-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/argparse/-/argparse-1.0.10.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-o5Roy6tNG4SL/FOkCAN6RzjiakZS25RLYFrcMttJqbdd8BWrnA+fGz57iN5Pb06pvBGvl5gQ0B48dJlslXvoTg==",
-			"dev": true,
-			"requires": {
-				"sprintf-js": "~1.0.2"
-			}
+			"version": "2.0.1",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/argparse/-/argparse-2.0.1.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-8+9WqebbFzpX9OR+Wa6O29asIogeRMzcGtAINdpMHHyAg10f05aSFVBbcEqGf/PXw1EjAZ+q2/bEBg3DvurK3Q==",
+			"dev": true
 		},
 		"aria-query": {
 			"version": "4.2.2",
@@ -12782,6 +12860,27 @@
 				"is-directory": "^0.3.1",
 				"js-yaml": "^3.13.1",
 				"parse-json": "^4.0.0"
+			},
+			"dependencies": {
+				"argparse": {
+					"version": "1.0.10",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/argparse/-/argparse-1.0.10.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha512-o5Roy6tNG4SL/FOkCAN6RzjiakZS25RLYFrcMttJqbdd8BWrnA+fGz57iN5Pb06pvBGvl5gQ0B48dJlslXvoTg==",
+					"dev": true,
+					"requires": {
+						"sprintf-js": "~1.0.2"
+					}
+				},
+				"js-yaml": {
+					"version": "3.14.1",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.14.1.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha512-okMH7OXXJ7YrN9Ok3/SXrnu4iX9yOk+25nqX4imS2npuvTYDmo/QEZoqwZkYaIDk3jVvBOTOIEgEhaLOynBS9g==",
+					"dev": true,
+					"requires": {
+						"argparse": "^1.0.7",
+						"esprima": "^4.0.0"
+					}
+				}
 			}
 		},
 		"create-require": {
@@ -13191,6 +13290,27 @@
 				"split": "^1.0.1",
 				"stream-combiner": "^0.2.2",
 				"through2": "^3.0.1"
+			},
+			"dependencies": {
+				"argparse": {
+					"version": "1.0.10",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/argparse/-/argparse-1.0.10.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha512-o5Roy6tNG4SL/FOkCAN6RzjiakZS25RLYFrcMttJqbdd8BWrnA+fGz57iN5Pb06pvBGvl5gQ0B48dJlslXvoTg==",
+					"dev": true,
+					"requires": {
+						"sprintf-js": "~1.0.2"
+					}
+				},
+				"js-yaml": {
+					"version": "3.14.1",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.14.1.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha512-okMH7OXXJ7YrN9Ok3/SXrnu4iX9yOk+25nqX4imS2npuvTYDmo/QEZoqwZkYaIDk3jVvBOTOIEgEhaLOynBS9g==",
+					"dev": true,
+					"requires": {
+						"argparse": "^1.0.7",
+						"esprima": "^4.0.0"
+					}
+				}
 			}
 		},
 		"fastq": {
@@ -15617,13 +15737,12 @@
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 		},
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-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.14.1.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-okMH7OXXJ7YrN9Ok3/SXrnu4iX9yOk+25nqX4imS2npuvTYDmo/QEZoqwZkYaIDk3jVvBOTOIEgEhaLOynBS9g==",
+			"version": "4.1.1",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-4.1.1.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-qQKT4zQxXl8lLwBtHMWwaTcGfFOZviOJet3Oy/xmGk2gZH677CJM9EvtfdSkgWcATZhj/55JZ0rmy3myCT5lsA==",
 			"dev": true,
 			"requires": {
-				"argparse": "^1.0.7",
-				"esprima": "^4.0.0"
+				"argparse": "^2.0.1"
 			}
 		},
 		"jsbn": {
@@ -17425,7 +17544,7 @@
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 			"version": "1.0.3",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sprintf-js/-/sprintf-js-1.0.3.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha1-BOaSb2YolTVPPdAVIDYzuFcpfiw=",
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ff4a1959cb..4a26767eca 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 		"jest": "^27.5.1",
 		"jest-27-expect-message": "^1.1.0",
 		"jest-extended": "^4.0.2",
-		"js-yaml": "^3.14.1",
+		"js-yaml": "^4.1.1",
 		"lint-staged": "^9.5.0",
 		"marked": "^4.0.10",
 		"moment": "^2.29.4",