diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/curation/model_based_curation.py b/src/spikeinterface/curation/model_based_curation.py
index 1e19a3a68a..0bc45e98ef 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/curation/model_based_curation.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/curation/model_based_curation.py
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ def auto_label_units(
     model_name=None,
     repo_id=None,
     label_conversion=None,
+    trusted=None,
     export_to_phy=False,
 ):
     """
@@ -237,6 +238,8 @@ def auto_label_units(
         tries to extract from `model_info.json` file. The dictionary should have the format {old_label: new_label}.
     export_to_phy : bool, default: False
         Whether to export the results to Phy format. Default is False.
+    trusted : list of str, default: None
+        Passed to skops.load. The object will be loaded only if there are only trusted objects and objects of types listed in trusted in the dumped file.
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -251,7 +254,7 @@ def auto_label_units(
     """
     from sklearn.pipeline import Pipeline
 
-    model, model_info = load_model(model_folder=model_folder, repo_id=repo_id, model_name=model_name)
+    model, model_info = load_model(model_folder=model_folder, repo_id=repo_id, model_name=model_name, trusted=trusted)
 
     if not isinstance(model, Pipeline):
         raise ValueError("The model must be an instance of sklearn.pipeline.Pipeline")
@@ -265,19 +268,10 @@ def auto_label_units(
     return classified_units
 
 
-def load_model(model_folder=None, repo_id=None, model_name=None):
+def load_model(model_folder=None, repo_id=None, model_name=None, trusted=None):
     """
     Loads a model and model_info from a folder or a huggingface repo
 
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    model_folder : str | Path, default: None
-        Path to the folder containing the model
-    repo_id : str | Path, default: None
-        Hugging face repo id e.g. 'username/model'
-    model_name: str | Path, default: None
-        Filename of model e.g. 'my_model.skops'. If None, uses first model found.
-
     Returns
     -------
     model, model_info
@@ -296,7 +290,15 @@ def load_model(model_folder=None, repo_id=None, model_name=None):
     return model, model_info
 
 
-def _load_model_from_huggingface(repo_id=None, model_name=None):
+def _load_model_from_huggingface(repo_id=None, model_name=None, trusted=None):
+    """
+    Loads a model from a huggingface repo
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    model, model_info
+        A model and metadata about the model
+    """
 
     from huggingface_hub import list_repo_files
     from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
@@ -310,22 +312,15 @@ def _load_model_from_huggingface(repo_id=None, model_name=None):
             full_path = hf_hub_download(repo_id=repo_id, filename=filename)
             model_folder = Path(full_path).parent
 
-    model, model_info = _load_model_from_folder(model_folder=model_folder, model_name=model_name)
+    model, model_info = _load_model_from_folder(model_folder=model_folder, model_name=model_name, trusted=trusted)
 
     return model, model_info
 
 
-def _load_model_from_folder(model_folder=None, model_name=None):
+def _load_model_from_folder(model_folder=None, model_name=None, trusted=None):
     """
     Loads a model and model_info from a folder
 
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    model_folder : str | Path, default: None
-        Path to the folder or HuggingFace directory containing the model
-    model_name: str | Path, default: None
-        Filename of model e.g. 'my_model.skops'. If None, uses first model found in directory
-
     Returns
     -------
     model, model_info
@@ -351,7 +346,7 @@ def _load_model_from_folder(model_folder=None, model_name=None):
 
         skops_file = skops_files[0]
 
-    model = skio.load(skops_file, trusted="numpy.dtype")
+    model = skio.load(skops_file, trusted=trusted)
 
     model_info_path = folder / "model_info.json"
     if not model_info_path.is_file():