diff --git a/tools/make-summary-translatable.py b/tools/make-summary-translatable.py
index 4a74451fa5..35099f7613 100755
--- a/tools/make-summary-translatable.py
+++ b/tools/make-summary-translatable.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__) + '/../')
 for f in glob.glob('metadata/*.yml'):
     with open(f) as fp:
         raw = fp.read()
-        data = yaml.load(raw)
+        data = yaml.safe_load(raw)
     archive_policy = data.get('ArchivePolicy')
     if (
         'Disabled' not in data
diff --git a/tools/rewrite-git-redirects.py b/tools/rewrite-git-redirects.py
index f79241f0c5..e67f56a38e 100755
--- a/tools/rewrite-git-redirects.py
+++ b/tools/rewrite-git-redirects.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ else:
 pattern = re.compile(r'Repo: .*')
 for f in files:
     with open(f) as fp:
-        data = yaml.load(fp)
+        data = yaml.safe_load(fp)
     repo_url = None
     if 'Repo' in data:
         repo_url = data['Repo'].strip().rstrip('/')