diff --git a/tools/changelog/check_changelog.py b/tools/changelog/check_changelog.py
index aee1d5dc77c6..9acea9398ebd 100644
--- a/tools/changelog/check_changelog.py
+++ b/tools/changelog/check_changelog.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import os
 import re
 from pathlib import Path
-from ruamel import yaml
+from ruamel.yaml import YAML
 from github import Github
 import json
 
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@
     print("There are spaces or tabs instead of author username")
 
 with open(Path.cwd().joinpath("tags.yml")) as file:
-    tags = yaml.safe_load(file)
+    yaml = YAML(type='safe',pure=True)
+    tags = yaml.load(file)
 
 write_cl['changes'] = []