diff --git a/tools/changelog/generate_cl.py b/tools/changelog/generate_cl.py
index 7259467f007d..d73d2034fe8a 100644
--- a/tools/changelog/generate_cl.py
+++ b/tools/changelog/generate_cl.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from github import Github, InputGitAuthor
-from ruamel import yaml
+from ruamel import YAML
 
 CL_BODY = re.compile(r":cl:(.+)?\r\n((.|\n|\r)+?)\r\n\/:cl:", re.MULTILINE)
 CL_SPLIT = re.compile(r"(^\w+):\s+(\w.+)", re.MULTILINE)
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@
 
 write_cl["delete-after"] = True
 
+yaml = YAML(typ='safe', pure=True)
+
 with open(Path.cwd().joinpath("tools/changelog/tags.yml")) as file:
     tags = yaml.safe_load(file)