diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index b2eaafd..f6e4f3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
   test:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: ['18.x', '20.x', '22.x']
+        node-version: ['20.x', '22.x', '24.x']
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/bin/cli.js b/bin/cli.js
index 5b5ca6b..61ef0a3 100755
--- a/bin/cli.js
+++ b/bin/cli.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ const exec = require('child_process').execSync;
 const path = require('path');
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const pathParse = require('path-parse');
-const yargs = require('yargs');
 
 const include = require('../index');
 const yaml = require('../lib/yaml');
@@ -12,11 +11,14 @@ const Client = require('../lib/cfnclient');
 const pkg = require('../package.json');
 const replaceEnv = require('../lib/replaceEnv');
 
-yargs.version(false);
-
 const { env } = process;
- 
-const opts = yargs
+
+(async () => {
+  const { default : yargs } = await import('yargs');
+  const { hideBin } = await import('yargs/helpers');
+
+  const opts = yargs(hideBin(process.argv))
+  .version(false)
   .command('$0 [path] [options]', pkg.description, (y) =>
     y.positional('path', {
       positional: true,
@@ -189,3 +191,5 @@ promise
     console.log(err.stack);
     process.exit(1);
   });
+
+})(); 
diff --git a/lib/schema.js b/lib/schema.js
index 0e93948..b8d2388 100644
--- a/lib/schema.js
+++ b/lib/schema.js
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ const BANG_AMAZON_FUNCS = [
 
 const EXPLICIT_AMAZON_FUNCS = BANG_AMAZON_FUNCS.map((f) => `Fn::${f}`);
 
-module.exports = yaml.Schema.create(tags);
+module.exports = yaml.DEFAULT_SCHEMA.extend(tags);
 
 module.exports.EXPLICIT_AMAZON_FUNCS = EXPLICIT_AMAZON_FUNCS;
 module.exports.BANG_AMAZON_FUNCS = BANG_AMAZON_FUNCS;
diff --git a/lib/yaml.js b/lib/yaml.js
index f77400a..117280a 100644
--- a/lib/yaml.js
+++ b/lib/yaml.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module.exports = {
   load: (res) => {
     let json;
     try {
-      json = yaml.safeLoad(res, { schema: yamlSchema });
+      json = yaml.load(res, { schema: yamlSchema });
     } catch (yamlErr) {
       try {
         json = JSON.parse(minify(res));
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3cd58ab..d72bfcd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     "name": "Nicholas McCready",
     "email": "nemtcan@gmail.com"
   },
-  "main": "index.js",
   "bin": {
     "cfn-include": "bin/cli.js"
   },
@@ -43,19 +42,19 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@aws-sdk/client-cloudformation": "^3.637.0",
     "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.637.0",
-    "@znemz/cft-utils": "0.1.19",
+    "@znemz/cft-utils": "0.1.23",
     "@znemz/sort-object": "^3.0.4",
     "aws-sdk-v3-proxy": "2.2.0",
     "bluebird": "^3.7.2",
     "deepmerge": "^4.2.2",
-    "glob": "^11.0.1",
+    "glob": "^12.0.0",
     "jmespath": "^0.16.0",
-    "js-yaml": "^3.14.1",
+    "js-yaml": "^4.1.1",
     "jsonminify": "^0.4.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "path-parse": "~1.0.7",
     "proxy-agent": "6.5.0",
-    "yargs": "~17.7.2"
+    "yargs": "~18.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@commitlint/cli": "^20",
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@
     "eslint-config-prettier": "10",
     "eslint-plugin-mocha": "11",
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "5",
-    "mocha": "11.7.2",
+    "mocha": "11.7.5",
     "npm-run-all": "4.1.5",
     "prettier": "3",
     "serve": "14.2.5",