diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 7fd75ac..9367e99 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -12,5 +12,8 @@ Metrics/BlockLength:
     - describe
   # Increase from default of `25`
   Max: 30
+Security/YAMLLoad:
+  Exclude:
+    - test/integration/**/_mapdata.rb
 
 # Any offenses that should be fixed, e.g. collected via. `rubocop --auto-gen-config`
diff --git a/test/integration/v3000-py2/controls/_mapdata.rb b/test/integration/v3000-py2/controls/_mapdata.rb
index b0232ad..b2b0541 100644
--- a/test/integration/v3000-py2/controls/_mapdata.rb
+++ b/test/integration/v3000-py2/controls/_mapdata.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ control 'salt._mapdata' do
   mapdata_file_path = "_mapdata/#{platform_finger}.yaml"
   # Load the mapdata from profile, into a YAML structure
   # https://docs.chef.io/inspec/profiles/#profile-files
-  mapdata_file_yaml = YAML.safe_load(inspec.profile.file(mapdata_file_path))
+  mapdata_file_yaml = YAML.load(inspec.profile.file(mapdata_file_path))
   # Dump the YAML back into a string for comparison
   mapdata_file_dump = YAML.dump(mapdata_file_yaml)
 
diff --git a/test/integration/v3000-py3/controls/_mapdata.rb b/test/integration/v3000-py3/controls/_mapdata.rb
index b0232ad..b2b0541 100644
--- a/test/integration/v3000-py3/controls/_mapdata.rb
+++ b/test/integration/v3000-py3/controls/_mapdata.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ control 'salt._mapdata' do
   mapdata_file_path = "_mapdata/#{platform_finger}.yaml"
   # Load the mapdata from profile, into a YAML structure
   # https://docs.chef.io/inspec/profiles/#profile-files
-  mapdata_file_yaml = YAML.safe_load(inspec.profile.file(mapdata_file_path))
+  mapdata_file_yaml = YAML.load(inspec.profile.file(mapdata_file_path))
   # Dump the YAML back into a string for comparison
   mapdata_file_dump = YAML.dump(mapdata_file_yaml)
 
diff --git a/test/integration/v3001-py3/controls/_mapdata.rb b/test/integration/v3001-py3/controls/_mapdata.rb
index b0232ad..b2b0541 100644
--- a/test/integration/v3001-py3/controls/_mapdata.rb
+++ b/test/integration/v3001-py3/controls/_mapdata.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ control 'salt._mapdata' do
   mapdata_file_path = "_mapdata/#{platform_finger}.yaml"
   # Load the mapdata from profile, into a YAML structure
   # https://docs.chef.io/inspec/profiles/#profile-files
-  mapdata_file_yaml = YAML.safe_load(inspec.profile.file(mapdata_file_path))
+  mapdata_file_yaml = YAML.load(inspec.profile.file(mapdata_file_path))
   # Dump the YAML back into a string for comparison
   mapdata_file_dump = YAML.dump(mapdata_file_yaml)
 
diff --git a/test/integration/v3002-py3/controls/_mapdata.rb b/test/integration/v3002-py3/controls/_mapdata.rb
index b0232ad..b2b0541 100644
--- a/test/integration/v3002-py3/controls/_mapdata.rb
+++ b/test/integration/v3002-py3/controls/_mapdata.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ control 'salt._mapdata' do
   mapdata_file_path = "_mapdata/#{platform_finger}.yaml"
   # Load the mapdata from profile, into a YAML structure
   # https://docs.chef.io/inspec/profiles/#profile-files
-  mapdata_file_yaml = YAML.safe_load(inspec.profile.file(mapdata_file_path))
+  mapdata_file_yaml = YAML.load(inspec.profile.file(mapdata_file_path))
   # Dump the YAML back into a string for comparison
   mapdata_file_dump = YAML.dump(mapdata_file_yaml)