diff --git a/misc/makeboot.centos.py b/misc/makeboot.centos.py
index 77baa060..a0d95820 100644
--- a/misc/makeboot.centos.py
+++ b/misc/makeboot.centos.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def makeboot_tree(distribution, profiledir):
     os.link('/var/lib/confluent/public/site/site-initramfs.gz', trginitramfs)
     profileinfo = os.path.join(profiledir, 'profile.yaml')
     with open(profileinfo) as info:
-        profile = yaml.load(info)
+        profile = yaml.safe_load(info)
     cfgfile = os.path.join(efidir, 'grub.cfg')
     with open(cfgfile, 'w') as grubcfg:
         grubcfg.write('set timeout=5\n')
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ def makeboot_tree(distribution, profiledir):
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    makeboot_tree(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])
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+    makeboot_tree(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])