diff --git a/lib/puppet/functions/foreman/foreman.rb b/lib/puppet/functions/foreman/foreman.rb
index ceec690ba..6ed9767fb 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/functions/foreman/foreman.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/functions/foreman/foreman.rb
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def foreman(item, search, per_page = "20", foreman_url = "https://localhost", fo
         configfile = '/etc/foreman-proxy/settings.yml'
         configfile = use_tfmproxy if use_tfmproxy.is_a? String
         raise Puppet::ParseError, "File #{configfile} not found while use_tfmproxy is enabled" unless File.exist?(configfile)
-        tfmproxy = YAML.load(File.read(configfile))
+        tfmproxy = YAML.safe_load(File.read(configfile))
         uri = URI.parse(tfmproxy[:foreman_url])
         http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
         http.use_ssl = true