diff --git a/tools/changelog/generate_cl.py b/tools/changelog/generate_cl.py
index b4ef112a959..275447e122b 100755
--- a/tools/changelog/generate_cl.py
+++ b/tools/changelog/generate_cl.py
@@ -99,8 +99,9 @@
 
 write_cl['delete-after'] = True
 
+yaml = yaml.YAML(typ="safe", pure=True)
 with open(Path.cwd().joinpath("tools/changelog/tags.yml")) as file:
-    tags = yaml.safe_load(file)
+    tags = yaml.load(file)
 
 write_cl['changes'] = []
 
@@ -112,7 +113,6 @@
 
 if write_cl['changes']:
     with io.StringIO() as cl_contents:
-        yaml = yaml.YAML()
         yaml.indent(sequence=4, offset=2)
         yaml.dump(write_cl, cl_contents)
         cl_contents.seek(0)