diff --git a/pkg/actions/lua/encoding/yaml/yaml.go b/pkg/actions/lua/encoding/yaml/yaml.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f6bf11aaa68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/actions/lua/encoding/yaml/yaml.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package yaml
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+
+	"github.com/Shopify/go-lua"
+	"github.com/treeverse/lakefs/pkg/actions/lua/util"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+)
+
+func Open(l *lua.State) {
+	yamlOpen := func(l *lua.State) int {
+		lua.NewLibrary(l, yamlLibrary)
+		return 1
+	}
+	lua.Require(l, "encoding/yaml", yamlOpen, false)
+	l.Pop(1)
+}
+
+var yamlLibrary = []lua.RegistryFunction{
+	{Name: "marshal", Function: yamlMarshal},
+	{Name: "unmarshal", Function: yamlUnmarshal},
+}
+
+func check(l *lua.State, err error) {
+	if err != nil {
+		lua.Errorf(l, err.Error())
+		panic("unreachable")
+	}
+}
+
+func yamlMarshal(l *lua.State) int {
+	var t interface{}
+	var err error
+	if !l.IsNil(1) {
+		t, err = util.PullTable(l, 1)
+		check(l, err)
+	}
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	e := yaml.NewEncoder(&buf)
+	err = e.Encode(t)
+	check(l, err)
+	l.PushString(buf.String())
+	return 1
+}
+
+func yamlUnmarshal(l *lua.State) int {
+	payload := lua.CheckString(l, 1)
+	var output interface{}
+	check(l, yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(payload), &output))
+	return util.DeepPush(l, output)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/actions/lua/open.go b/pkg/actions/lua/open.go
index 3ac85d6f88e..2a40bd4ec1d 100644
--- a/pkg/actions/lua/open.go
+++ b/pkg/actions/lua/open.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/treeverse/lakefs/pkg/actions/lua/encoding/hex"
 	"github.com/treeverse/lakefs/pkg/actions/lua/encoding/json"
 	"github.com/treeverse/lakefs/pkg/actions/lua/encoding/parquet"
+	"github.com/treeverse/lakefs/pkg/actions/lua/encoding/yaml"
 	"github.com/treeverse/lakefs/pkg/actions/lua/net/http"
 	"github.com/treeverse/lakefs/pkg/actions/lua/path"
 	"github.com/treeverse/lakefs/pkg/actions/lua/regexp"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ func Open(l *lua.State, ctx context.Context, cfg OpenSafeConfig) {
 	regexp.Open(l)
 	strings.Open(l)
 	json.Open(l)
+	yaml.Open(l)
 	time.Open(l)
 	hmac.Open(l)
 	base64.Open(l)