diff --git a/commitizen/config/yaml_config.py b/commitizen/config/yaml_config.py
index cc6c5f0338..510882b9b0 100644
--- a/commitizen/config/yaml_config.py
+++ b/commitizen/config/yaml_config.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def set_key(self, key, value):
         We use to update the version number.
         """
         with open(self.path, "r") as yaml_file:
-            parser = yaml.load(yaml_file)
+            parser = yaml.load(yaml_file, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
 
         parser["commitizen"][key] = value
         with open(self.path, "w") as yaml_file: