diff --git a/scripts/build_change_log.py b/scripts/build_change_log.py
index 53ef9acb3..996985125 100755
--- a/scripts/build_change_log.py
+++ b/scripts/build_change_log.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
 
 with open('scripts/change-types.yaml', 'r') as f:
-    typs = yaml.load(f.read())
+    typs = yaml.safe_load(f.read())
 
 typs = {x:x for x in typs}