diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.reddeer.junit/src/org/eclipse/reddeer/junit/internal/configuration/reader/JSONConfigurationReader.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.reddeer.junit/src/org/eclipse/reddeer/junit/internal/configuration/reader/JSONConfigurationReader.java
index fe7c91474f..5b851f38ef 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.reddeer.junit/src/org/eclipse/reddeer/junit/internal/configuration/reader/JSONConfigurationReader.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.reddeer.junit/src/org/eclipse/reddeer/junit/internal/configuration/reader/JSONConfigurationReader.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.reddeer.junit.requirement.configuration.RequirementConfiguration;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.SafeConstructor;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ public List<RequirementConfiguration> loadConfigurations(File file) {
 	
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	private String convertYamlToJson(File file) throws FileNotFoundException {
-		Map<String,Object> map= (Map<String, Object>) new Yaml().load(new FileReader(file));
+		Map<String,Object> map= (Map<String, Object>) new Yaml(new SafeConstructor()).load(new FileReader(file));
 		JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(map);
 		return jsonObject.toString();
 	}