diff --git a/fabtests/scripts/parseyaml.py b/fabtests/scripts/parseyaml.py
index 757434a0be1..94b9098a04b 100755
--- a/fabtests/scripts/parseyaml.py
+++ b/fabtests/scripts/parseyaml.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def read():
 	else:
 		fd = open(args[0], 'r')
 
-	yi = yaml.load_all(fd.read())
+	yi = yaml.safe_load_all(fd.read())
 
 	if options.d:
 		perfprint(difference(yi))
diff --git a/fabtests/scripts/toCSV.py b/fabtests/scripts/toCSV.py
index 86073cd21b5..3d92b991849 100755
--- a/fabtests/scripts/toCSV.py
+++ b/fabtests/scripts/toCSV.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def main(argv=None):
 	else:
 		fd = open(args[0], 'r')
 
-	yi = yaml.load(fd.read())
+	yi = yaml.safe_load(fd.read())
 
 	csv_fd = csv.writer(sys.stdout, delimiter=",", quotechar='"', quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONNUMERIC)
 	csv_fd.writerow(["Test name", "Status"])