diff --git a/compiler/native/substitute.go b/compiler/native/substitute.go
index 402347aef..fcfd2b263 100644
--- a/compiler/native/substitute.go
+++ b/compiler/native/substitute.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/buildkite/yaml"
 
-	"github.com/drone/envsubst/v2"
+	"github.com/drone/envsubst"
 
 	types "github.com/go-vela/types/yaml"
 )
diff --git a/compiler/native/substitute_test.go b/compiler/native/substitute_test.go
index fc0718eb4..da27378ac 100644
--- a/compiler/native/substitute_test.go
+++ b/compiler/native/substitute_test.go
@@ -235,30 +235,6 @@ func Test_client_SubstituteSteps(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
-		{
-			name: "step contains escape sequences",
-			args: args{
-				steps: yaml.StepSlice{
-					{
-						Name: "sample",
-						Environment: map[string]string{
-							"BUILD_MESSAGE":      "`\\`\r",
-							"VELA_BUILD_MESSAGE": "`\\`\r",
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			want: yaml.StepSlice{
-				{
-					Name: "sample",
-					Environment: map[string]string{
-						"BUILD_MESSAGE":      "`\\`\r",
-						"VELA_BUILD_MESSAGE": "`\\`\r",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			wantErr: false,
-		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fd31f02c0..7e26a5732 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/alicebob/miniredis/v2 v2.30.2
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.248
 	github.com/buildkite/yaml v0.0.0-20181016232759-0caa5f0796e3
-	github.com/drone/envsubst/v2 v2.0.0-20210730161058-179042472c46
+	github.com/drone/envsubst v1.0.3
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.9.0
 	github.com/go-playground/assert/v2 v2.2.0
-	github.com/go-vela/types v0.19.1
+	github.com/go-vela/types v0.19.2
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.0.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
 	github.com/google/go-github/v52 v52.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 60fa83003..478dcc750 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f h1:lO4WD4F/rVNCu3HqELle0jiPLLBs70cWOduZpkS1E78=
 github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f/go.mod h1:cuUVRXasLTGF7a8hSLbxyZXjz+1KgoB3wDUb6vlszIc=
-github.com/drone/envsubst/v2 v2.0.0-20210730161058-179042472c46 h1:7QPwrLT79GlD5sizHf27aoY2RTvw62mO6x7mxkScNk0=
-github.com/drone/envsubst/v2 v2.0.0-20210730161058-179042472c46/go.mod h1:esf2rsHFNlZlxsqsZDojNBcnNs5REqIvRrWRHqX0vEU=
+github.com/drone/envsubst v1.0.3 h1:PCIBwNDYjs50AsLZPYdfhSATKaRg/FJmDc2D6+C2x8g=
+github.com/drone/envsubst v1.0.3/go.mod h1:N2jZmlMufstn1KEqvbHjw40h1KyTmnVzHcSc9bFiJ2g=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.0/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.1-0.20191026205805-5f8ba28d4473/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.4/go.mod h1:6rpuAdCZL397s3pYoYcLgu1mIlRU8Am5FuJP05cCM98=
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.18.1/go.mod h1:xekY+UJKNuX9WP91
 github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.11.2 h1:q3SHpufmypg+erIExEKUmsgmhDTyhcJ38oeKGACXohU=
 github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.11.2/go.mod h1:NieE624vt4SCTJtD87arVLvdmjPAeV8BQlHtMnw9D7s=
 github.com/go-test/deep v1.0.2 h1:onZX1rnHT3Wv6cqNgYyFOOlgVKJrksuCMCRvJStbMYw=
-github.com/go-vela/types v0.19.1 h1:HA5tFwju/o1QbzjhASiDJhvpHmLLmLR9e327kWp0MXg=
-github.com/go-vela/types v0.19.1/go.mod h1:BvqapqTPOfHeTLiFYMa/eAzYqnujdPEd358J8TXc7l0=
+github.com/go-vela/types v0.19.2 h1:xU61CX2jdMuBCtLOg8a7Z2aEWYM1zZt37Ygx1oHGbjM=
+github.com/go-vela/types v0.19.2/go.mod h1:ZvDjYCKU36yJS3sLxPLCny/HLF1U6YtlOienzv/cXB4=
 github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.0 h1:mXKd9Qw4NuzShiRlOXKews24ufknHO7gx30lsDyokKA=
 github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.0/go.mod h1:6MelG93GURQebXPDq3khkgXZkazVtN9CRI+MGFi0w8I=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 h1:Ov1cvc58UF3b5XjBnZv7+opcTcQFZebYjWzi34vdm4Q=