diff --git a/oslo_messaging/notify/_impl_routing.py b/oslo_messaging/notify/_impl_routing.py
index bf07e673e..6c5fd18d2 100644
--- a/oslo_messaging/notify/_impl_routing.py
+++ b/oslo_messaging/notify/_impl_routing.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class RoutingDriver(notifier.Driver):
             return
 
         # Infer which drivers are used from the config file.
-        self.routing_groups = yaml.load(
+        self.routing_groups = yaml.safe_load(
             self._get_notifier_config_file(filename))
         if not self.routing_groups:
             self.routing_groups = {}  # In case we got None from load()
diff --git a/oslo_messaging/tests/notify/test_notifier.py b/oslo_messaging/tests/notify/test_notifier.py
index 557b9bb25..e55913d51 100644
--- a/oslo_messaging/tests/notify/test_notifier.py
+++ b/oslo_messaging/tests/notify/test_notifier.py
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ group_1:
           - blah.zoo.*
           - zip
         """
-        groups = yaml.load(config)
+        groups = yaml.safe_load(config)
         group = groups['group_1']
 
         # No matching event ...
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ group_1:
           - info
           - error
         """
-        groups = yaml.load(config)
+        groups = yaml.safe_load(config)
         group = groups['group_1']
 
         # No matching priority
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ group_1:
       accepted_events:
           - foo.*
         """
-        groups = yaml.load(config)
+        groups = yaml.safe_load(config)
         group = groups['group_1']
 
         # Valid event, but no matching priority