diff --git a/pipelinewise/cli/utils.py b/pipelinewise/cli/utils.py
index 9015b4dcf..67b3abe90 100644
--- a/pipelinewise/cli/utils.py
+++ b/pipelinewise/cli/utils.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def load_yaml(yaml_file, vault_secret=None):
             try:
                 if is_encrypted_file(stream):
                     file_data = stream.read()
-                    data = yaml.load(vault.decrypt(file_data, None))
+                    data = yaml.safe_load(vault.decrypt(file_data, None))
                 else:
                     loader = AnsibleLoader(stream, None, vault.secrets)
                     try:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e9b06b31e..8ee90bce6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       install_requires=[
           'argparse==1.4.0',
           'tabulate==0.8.9',
-          'PyYAML==5.4.1',
+          'PyYAML==6.0',
           'ansible==4.7.0',
           'Jinja2==3.0.2',
           'joblib==1.1.0',