diff --git a/utils/autoanchor.py b/utils/autoanchor.py
index c00f0382ff71..5dba9f1ea22f 100644
--- a/utils/autoanchor.py
+++ b/utils/autoanchor.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def print_results(k):
 
     if isinstance(path, str):  # *.yaml file
         with open(path) as f:
-            data_dict = yaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)  # model dict
+            data_dict = yaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.SafeLoader)  # model dict
         from utils.datasets import LoadImagesAndLabels
         dataset = LoadImagesAndLabels(data_dict['train'], augment=True, rect=True)
     else: