diff --git a/src/xtgeo_utils2/avghc/_loader.py b/src/xtgeo_utils2/avghc/_loader.py
index 22ec4da..b2af3a9 100644
--- a/src/xtgeo_utils2/avghc/_loader.py
+++ b/src/xtgeo_utils2/avghc/_loader.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def include_from(self, node):
 
         if isinstance(node, yaml.ScalarNode):
             filename, val = self.construct_scalar(node).split('::')
-            result = yaml.full_load(open(filename, 'r'))
+            result = yaml.safe_load(open(filename, 'r'))
             self._root = oldroot
 
             fields = val.strip().split('.')