diff --git a/tests/unit/formatters/test_yaml.py b/tests/unit/formatters/test_yaml.py
index aad57c63d..aefd4fd12 100644
--- a/tests/unit/formatters/test_yaml.py
+++ b/tests/unit/formatters/test_yaml.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def test_report(self, get_issue_list):
                           self.issue.confidence)
 
         with open(self.tmp_fname) as f:
-            data = yaml.load(f.read())
+            data = yaml.load(f.read(), Loader=yaml.SafeLoader)
             self.assertIsNotNone(data['generated_at'])
             self.assertEqual(self.tmp_fname, data['results'][0]['filename'])
             self.assertEqual(self.issue.severity,