diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8193ed5f9..f17b0cc11 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/elastic/go-licenser v0.4.1
 	github.com/elastic/go-resource v0.1.1
 	github.com/elastic/go-ucfg v0.8.6
-	github.com/elastic/package-spec/v2 v2.13.0
+	github.com/elastic/package-spec/v3 v3.0.0-rc1
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0
 	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.5.0
 	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.9.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e89fdd6f4..262dc627f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ github.com/elastic/gojsonschema v1.2.1 h1:cUMbgsz0wyEB4x7xf3zUEvUVDl6WCz2RKcQPul
 github.com/elastic/gojsonschema v1.2.1/go.mod h1:biw5eBS2Z4T02wjATMRSfecfjCmwaDPvuaqf844gLrg=
 github.com/elastic/kbncontent v0.1.1 h1:X6ZXKPTW3MwFZPLMZcPAbpUIsKQhFImhBGKOd83+UFo=
 github.com/elastic/kbncontent v0.1.1/go.mod h1:kOPREITK9gSJsiw/WKe7QWSO+PRiZMyEFQCw+CMLAHI=
-github.com/elastic/package-spec/v2 v2.13.0 h1:loZ0xZOzsobV4LIQZphavRY/CPMKJK463psSUGjZBxg=
-github.com/elastic/package-spec/v2 v2.13.0/go.mod h1:OcEnGWmL05XtMAb8qJweiVaePwMb2GQhFFpiYFTgzcc=
+github.com/elastic/package-spec/v3 v3.0.0-rc1 h1:N/Vj6ZClRJt0+FeOVtJ8LAAzWU/RILsndyy59gG1JkY=
+github.com/elastic/package-spec/v3 v3.0.0-rc1/go.mod h1:proxSLyZsrgNOnWMqg01ROXcnU8b8DRa0OiY4T/dN90=
 github.com/elazarl/goproxy v0.0.0-20230808193330-2592e75ae04a h1:mATvB/9r/3gvcejNsXKSkQ6lcIaNec2nyfOdlTBR2lU=
 github.com/elazarl/goproxy v0.0.0-20230808193330-2592e75ae04a/go.mod h1:Ro8st/ElPeALwNFlcTpWmkr6IoMFfkjXAvTHpevnDsM=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.10.1 h1:rc42Y5YTp7Am7CS630D7JmhRjq4UlEUuEKfrDac4bSQ=
@@ -323,8 +323,8 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.4 h1:xR7vG4IXt5RWx6FfIjyAtsoMAtnc3C/rFXBBd2AjZwE=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.4/go.mod h1:gCQYp2Q+kSoIj7ykSVb9nskRSsR6PUj4AiLywzIhbKM=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.10 h1:naR28SdDFlqrG6kScpT8VWpu1xWY5nJRCF3XaYyBjhI=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.10/go.mod h1:RsS8tutOdbdgzbPtzzATp12yT7kM5I5aElG3evPbQ0M=
-github.com/otiai10/copy v1.12.0 h1:cLMgSQnXBs1eehF0Wy/FAGsgDTDmAqFR7rQylBb1nDY=
-github.com/otiai10/copy v1.12.0/go.mod h1:rSaLseMUsZFFbsFGc7wCJnnkTAvdc5L6VWxPE4308Ww=
+github.com/otiai10/copy v1.14.0 h1:dCI/t1iTdYGtkvCuBG2BgR6KZa83PTclw4U5n2wAllU=
+github.com/otiai10/copy v1.14.0/go.mod h1:ECfuL02W+/FkTWZWgQqXPWZgW9oeKCSQ5qVfSc4qc4w=
 github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible h1:UBdAOUP5p4RWqPBg048CAvpKN+vxiaj6gdUUzhl4XmI=
 github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:uqqh8zWWbv1HBMNONnaR/tNboyR3/BZd58JJSHlUSCU=
 github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.2/go.mod h1:gZWDp/Ze/IJXGXf23ltt2EXimqmTUXEy0GFuRQyBid4=
diff --git a/internal/packages/archetype/spec.go b/internal/packages/archetype/spec.go
index d65d7bf3a..183410cc0 100644
--- a/internal/packages/archetype/spec.go
+++ b/internal/packages/archetype/spec.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
-	spec "github.com/elastic/package-spec/v2"
+	spec "github.com/elastic/package-spec/v3"
 )
 
 func GetLatestStableSpecVersion() (semver.Version, error) {
diff --git a/internal/validation/validation.go b/internal/validation/validation.go
index 19cc8eaa3..1b2ec1989 100644
--- a/internal/validation/validation.go
+++ b/internal/validation/validation.go
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/elastic/package-spec/v2/code/go/pkg/specerrors"
-	"github.com/elastic/package-spec/v2/code/go/pkg/validator"
+	"github.com/elastic/package-spec/v3/code/go/pkg/specerrors"
+	"github.com/elastic/package-spec/v3/code/go/pkg/validator"
 )
 
 func ValidateFromPath(rootPath string) error {