diff --git a/n2vc/n2vc_conn.py b/n2vc/n2vc_conn.py
index 68e8c14..d38bcad 100644
--- a/n2vc/n2vc_conn.py
+++ b/n2vc/n2vc_conn.py
@@ -524,4 +524,4 @@
     # convert obj to yaml
     yaml_text = obj_to_yaml(obj)
     # parse to dict
-    return yaml.load(yaml_text, Loader=yaml.Loader)
+    return yaml.load(yaml_text, Loader=yaml.SafeLoader)
diff --git a/n2vc/utils.py b/n2vc/utils.py
index 286f0fc..a4a6a23 100644
--- a/n2vc/utils.py
+++ b/n2vc/utils.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
     # convert obj to yaml
     yaml_text = obj_to_yaml(obj)
     # parse to dict
-    return yaml.load(yaml_text, Loader=yaml.Loader)
+    return yaml.load(yaml_text, Loader=yaml.SafeLoader)
 
 
 def get_ee_id_components(ee_id: str) -> Tuple[str, str, str]: