diff --git a/vitrageclient/common/yaml_utils.py b/vitrageclient/common/yaml_utils.py
index 6a0bd5d..55ae609 100644
--- a/vitrageclient/common/yaml_utils.py
+++ b/vitrageclient/common/yaml_utils.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import yaml
 
 def load(stream):
     try:
-        yaml_dict = yaml.load(stream, Loader=yaml.BaseLoader)
+        yaml_dict = yaml.safe_load(stream, Loader=yaml.BaseLoader)
     except yaml.YAMLError as exc:
         msg = 'An error occurred during YAML parsing.'
         if hasattr(exc, 'problem_mark'):