diff --git a/monasca_notification/main.py b/monasca_notification/main.py
index 629127f..bc86265 100644
--- a/monasca_notification/main.py
+++ b/monasca_notification/main.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def main(argv=None):
     else:
         config_file = '/etc/monasca/notification.yaml'
 
-    config = yaml.load(open(config_file, 'r'))
+    config = yaml.safe_load(open(config_file, 'r'))
 
     # Setup logging
     logging.config.dictConfig(config['logging'])
diff --git a/monasca_notification/plugins/jira_notifier.py b/monasca_notification/plugins/jira_notifier.py
index 9801db6..02a6bcd 100644
--- a/monasca_notification/plugins/jira_notifier.py
+++ b/monasca_notification/plugins/jira_notifier.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class JiraNotifier(AbstractNotifier):
         if (not self.jira_fields_format and self._config.get("custom_formatter")):
             try:
                 with open(self._config.get("custom_formatter")) as f:
-                    jira_fields_format = yaml.load(f)
+                    jira_fields_format = yaml.safe_load(f)
             except Exception:
                 self._log.exception("Unable to read custom_formatter file. Check file location")
                 raise