diff --git a/postgres-appliance/scripts/configure_spilo.py b/postgres-appliance/scripts/configure_spilo.py
index 4ec029de..970ba7b7 100755
--- a/postgres-appliance/scripts/configure_spilo.py
+++ b/postgres-appliance/scripts/configure_spilo.py
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ def write_log_environment(placeholders):
     if not os.path.exists(log_env['LOG_ENV_DIR']):
         os.makedirs(log_env['LOG_ENV_DIR'])
 
-    tags = eval(os.getenv('LOG_S3_TAGS'))
+    tags = json.loads(os.getenv('LOG_S3_TAGS'))
     log_env['LOG_S3_TAGS'] = "&".join(f"{key}={os.getenv(value)}" for key, value in tags.items())
 
     for var in ('LOG_TMPDIR',
diff --git a/postgres-appliance/scripts/upload_pg_log_to_s3.py b/postgres-appliance/scripts/upload_pg_log_to_s3.py
index c008ee48..00cdb44d 100755
--- a/postgres-appliance/scripts/upload_pg_log_to_s3.py
+++ b/postgres-appliance/scripts/upload_pg_log_to_s3.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import boto3
 import os
+import json
 import logging
 import subprocess
 import sys
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ def upload_to_s3(local_file_path):
 
     try:
         bucket.upload_file(local_file_path, key_name, Config=config,
-                           ExtraArgs={'Tagging': eval(os.getenv('LOG_S3_TAGS'))})
+                           ExtraArgs={'Tagging': json.loads(os.getenv('LOG_S3_TAGS'))})
     except S3UploadFailedError as e:
         logger.exception('Failed to upload the %s to the bucket %s under the key %s. Exception: %r',
                          local_file_path, bucket_name, key_name, e)