diff --git a/make/photon/prepare/utils/configs.py b/make/photon/prepare/utils/configs.py
index ebbea2bb2..6f1a7cf27 100644
--- a/make/photon/prepare/utils/configs.py
+++ b/make/photon/prepare/utils/configs.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def parse_versions():
     if not versions_file_path.is_file():
         return {}
     with open('versions') as f:
-        versions = yaml.load(f)
+        versions = yaml.safe_load(f)
     return versions
 
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def parse_yaml_config(config_file_path, with_notary, with_trivy, with_chartmuseu
     '''
 
     with open(config_file_path) as f:
-        configs = yaml.load(f)
+        configs = yaml.safe_load(f)
 
     config_dict = {
         'portal_url': 'http://portal:8080',