diff --git a/doc/source/_exts/metadata-docs-rhel7.py b/doc/source/_exts/metadata-docs-rhel7.py
index c1e6485b..487e7770 100644
--- a/doc/source/_exts/metadata-docs-rhel7.py
+++ b/doc/source/_exts/metadata-docs-rhel7.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def get_deployer_notes(stig_id):
     _, metadata, text = yaml_boundary.split(rst_file, 2)
 
     # Assemble the metadata and the text from the deployer note.
-    post = yaml.load(metadata)
+    post = yaml.safe_load(metadata)
     post['content'] = text
 
     return post
diff --git a/doc/source/_exts/metadata-docs.py b/doc/source/_exts/metadata-docs.py
index 27a53447..c0cc6743 100644
--- a/doc/source/_exts/metadata-docs.py
+++ b/doc/source/_exts/metadata-docs.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def get_deployer_notes(stig_id):
     _, metadata, text = yaml_boundary.split(rst_file, 2)
 
     # Assemble the metadata and the text from the deployer note.
-    post = yaml.load(metadata)
+    post = yaml.safe_load(metadata)
     post['content'] = text
 
     return post