diff --git a/conda_forge_tick/update_recipe/v1_recipe/build_number.py b/conda_forge_tick/update_recipe/v1_recipe/build_number.py
index a57c02197..d52ef9ee5 100644
--- a/conda_forge_tick/update_recipe/v1_recipe/build_number.py
+++ b/conda_forge_tick/update_recipe/v1_recipe/build_number.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def _update_build_number_in_recipe(
 
 
 def _load_yaml(file: Path):
-    yaml = _get_yaml_parser(typ=None)
+    yaml = _get_yaml_parser(typ="safe")
     with file.open("r") as f:
         return yaml.load(f)