diff --git a/platform/barefoot/sonic-platform-modules-bfn-montara/sonic_platform/eeprom.py b/platform/barefoot/sonic-platform-modules-bfn-montara/sonic_platform/eeprom.py
index ed9427b2a822..a548e9364715 100644
--- a/platform/barefoot/sonic-platform-modules-bfn-montara/sonic_platform/eeprom.py
+++ b/platform/barefoot/sonic-platform-modules-bfn-montara/sonic_platform/eeprom.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class Eeprom(eeprom_tlvinfo.TlvInfoDecoder):
     def __init__(self):
 
         with open(os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/logging.conf", 'r') as f:
-            config_dict = yaml.load(f)
+            config_dict = yaml.load(f, yaml.SafeLoader)
             logging.config.dictConfig(config_dict)
 
         if not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(EEPROM_SYMLINK)):