diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c12fd347d..07edb877c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=[
         "setuptools",
-        "ruamel.yaml<0.18",
+        "ruamel.yaml>=0.17",
         "pydantic>=2.0",
         "pydantic-settings>=2.0.3",
         "pymongo>=4.2.0",
diff --git a/src/maggma/stores/gridfs.py b/src/maggma/stores/gridfs.py
index 2e17008d8..2350dc14d 100644
--- a/src/maggma/stores/gridfs.py
+++ b/src/maggma/stores/gridfs.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from pydash import get, has
 from pymongo import MongoClient, uri_parser
 from pymongo.errors import ConfigurationError
-from ruamel import yaml
+from ruamel.yaml import YAML
 
 from maggma.core import Sort, Store, StoreError
 from maggma.stores.mongolike import MongoStore
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ def from_launchpad_file(cls, lp_file, collection_name, **kwargs):
         Returns:
         """
         with open(lp_file) as f:
-            lp_creds = yaml.safe_load(f.read())
+            yaml = YAML(typ="safe", pure=True)
+            lp_creds = yaml.load(f.read())
 
         db_creds = lp_creds.copy()
         db_creds["database"] = db_creds["name"]
diff --git a/src/maggma/stores/mongolike.py b/src/maggma/stores/mongolike.py
index df332cb78..e6d6893ca 100644
--- a/src/maggma/stores/mongolike.py
+++ b/src/maggma/stores/mongolike.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from itertools import chain, groupby
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from ruamel import yaml
+from ruamel.yaml import YAML
 
 from maggma.stores.ssh_tunnel import SSHTunnel
 
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ def from_launchpad_file(cls, lp_file, collection_name, **kwargs):
         Returns:
         """
         with open(lp_file) as f:
-            lp_creds = yaml.safe_load(f.read())
+            yaml = YAML(typ="safe", pure=True)
+            lp_creds = yaml.load(f.read())
 
         db_creds = lp_creds.copy()
         db_creds["database"] = db_creds["name"]