diff --git a/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/chat_handlers/learn.py b/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/chat_handlers/learn.py
index 38390a44c..f9348a21f 100644
--- a/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/chat_handlers/learn.py
+++ b/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/chat_handlers/learn.py
@@ -76,7 +76,10 @@ def _load(self):
                 return
 
             self.index = FAISS.load_local(
-                INDEX_SAVE_DIR, embeddings, index_name=self.index_name
+                INDEX_SAVE_DIR,
+                embeddings,
+                index_name=self.index_name,
+                allow_dangerous_deserialization=True,
             )
             self.load_metadata()
         except Exception as e: