diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/casc/yaml/ModelConstructor.java b/plugin/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/casc/yaml/ModelConstructor.java
index c61aea0d37..3fe03cce3b 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/casc/yaml/ModelConstructor.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/casc/yaml/ModelConstructor.java
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.apache.commons.collections.map.AbstractMapDecorator;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.ObjectUtils;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.LoaderOptions;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.AbstractConstruct;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.Construct;
-import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.CustomClassLoaderConstructor;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.Constructor;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.error.Mark;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.MappingNode;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.Node;
@@ -22,10 +23,19 @@
 /**
  * @author <a href="mailto:nicolas.deloof@gmail.com">Nicolas De Loof</a>
  */
-class ModelConstructor extends CustomClassLoaderConstructor {
+class ModelConstructor extends Constructor {
 
-    public ModelConstructor() {
-        super(Mapping.class, ModelConstructor.class.getClassLoader());
+    /*
+     * TODO remove loader field and getClassForName method and extend CustomClassLoaderConstructor instead after this
+     * plugin requires SnakeYAML 2.0
+     */
+
+    private final ClassLoader loader;
+
+    public ModelConstructor(LoaderOptions loadingConfig) {
+        super(Mapping.class, loadingConfig);
+
+        this.loader = ModelConstructor.class.getClassLoader();
 
         this.yamlConstructors.put(Tag.BOOL, ConstructScalar);
         this.yamlConstructors.put(Tag.INT, ConstructScalar);
@@ -85,4 +95,16 @@ protected void constructSequenceStep2(SequenceNode node, Collection collection)
         ((Sequence) collection).setSource(getSource(node));
         super.constructSequenceStep2(node, collection);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Load the class
+     *
+     * @param name - the name
+     * @return Class to create
+     * @throws ClassNotFoundException - when cannot load the class
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected Class<?> getClassForName(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
+        return Class.forName(name, true, loader);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/casc/yaml/YamlUtils.java b/plugin/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/casc/yaml/YamlUtils.java
index 93e9caaced..a8b9d3f41b 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/casc/yaml/YamlUtils.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/casc/yaml/YamlUtils.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.error.YAMLException;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.Node;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.reader.StreamReader;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.resolver.Resolver;
 
 /**
@@ -56,8 +57,10 @@ public static Node merge(List<YamlSource> sources, ConfigurationContext context)
     public static Node read(YamlSource source, Reader reader, ConfigurationContext context) throws IOException {
         LoaderOptions loaderOptions = new LoaderOptions();
         loaderOptions.setMaxAliasesForCollections(context.getYamlMaxAliasesForCollections());
-        Composer composer =
-                new Composer(new ParserImpl(new StreamReaderWithSource(source, reader)), new Resolver(), loaderOptions);
+        Composer composer = new Composer(
+                new ParserImpl(new StreamReaderWithSource(source, reader), loaderOptions),
+                new Resolver(),
+                loaderOptions);
         try {
             return composer.getSingleNode();
         } catch (YAMLException e) {
@@ -100,21 +103,27 @@ public static Mapping loadFrom(List<YamlSource> sources, ConfigurationContext co
             LOGGER.warning("configuration-as-code yaml source returned an empty document.");
             return Mapping.EMPTY;
         }
-        return loadFrom(merged);
+        return loadFrom(merged, context);
     }
 
     /**
      * Load configuration-as-code model from a snakeyaml Node
      */
-    private static Mapping loadFrom(Node node) {
-        final ModelConstructor constructor = new ModelConstructor();
-        constructor.setComposer(new Composer(null, null) {
+    private static Mapping loadFrom(Node node, ConfigurationContext context) {
+        final LoaderOptions loaderOptions = new LoaderOptions();
+        loaderOptions.setMaxAliasesForCollections(context.getYamlMaxAliasesForCollections());
+        final ModelConstructor constructor = new ModelConstructor(loaderOptions);
+        constructor.setComposer(
+                new Composer(
+                        new ParserImpl(new StreamReader(Reader.nullReader()), loaderOptions),
+                        new Resolver(),
+                        loaderOptions) {
 
-            @Override
-            public Node getSingleNode() {
-                return node;
-            }
-        });
+                    @Override
+                    public Node getSingleNode() {
+                        return node;
+                    }
+                });
         return (Mapping) constructor.getSingleData(Mapping.class);
     }
 }