diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/282_fix_unit_test_for_synchronize.yml b/changelogs/fragments/282_fix_unit_test_for_synchronize.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23521af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/282_fix_unit_test_for_synchronize.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+trivial:
+- Fix unit tests of synchronize action plugin to use yaml.safe_load().
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/action/test_synchronize.py b/tests/unit/plugins/action/test_synchronize.py
index 39d9697..bc1efca 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/action/test_synchronize.py
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/action/test_synchronize.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class SynchronizeTester(object):
         metapath = os.path.join(fixturepath, 'meta.yaml')
         with open(metapath, 'rb') as f:
             fdata = f.read()
-        test_meta = yaml.load(fdata)
+        test_meta = yaml.safe_load(fdata)
 
         # load initial play context vars
         if '_play_context' in test_meta: