diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a8bd985..a425105 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -455,6 +455,12 @@ version = "0.2.132"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8371e4e5341c3a96db127eb2465ac681ced4c433e01dd0e938adbef26ba93ba5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linked-hash-map"
+version = "0.5.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0717cef1bc8b636c6e1c1bbdefc09e6322da8a9321966e8928ef80d20f7f770f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lock_api"
 version = "0.4.8"
@@ -855,15 +861,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_yaml"
-version = "0.9.11"
+version = "0.8.26"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "89f31df3f50926cdf2855da5fd8812295c34752cb20438dae42a67f79e021ac3"
+checksum = "578a7433b776b56a35785ed5ce9a7e777ac0598aac5a6dd1b4b18a307c7fc71b"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
- "itoa 1.0.3",
  "ryu",
  "serde",
- "unsafe-libyaml",
+ "yaml-rust",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1020,12 +1025,6 @@ version = "0.1.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3ed742d4ea2bd1176e236172c8429aaf54486e7ac098db29ffe6529e0ce50973"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "unsafe-libyaml"
-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "931179334a56395bcf64ba5e0ff56781381c1a5832178280c7d7f91d1679aeb0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -1227,3 +1226,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tui",
  "tui-input",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "yaml-rust"
+version = "0.4.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "56c1936c4cc7a1c9ab21a1ebb602eb942ba868cbd44a99cb7cdc5892335e1c85"
+dependencies = [
+ "linked-hash-map",
+]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8730c72..db12796 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ libc = "0.2.132"
 humansize = "1.1.1"
 natord = "1.0.9"
 anyhow = "1.0.64"
-serde_yaml = "0.9.11"
+
+# Let's keep this locked. See https://docs.rs/serde_yaml/0.9.11/serde_yaml/
+serde_yaml = "0.8.26"
+
 crossterm = "0.25.0"
 dirs = "4.0.0"
 ansi-to-tui = "1.0.1"
diff --git a/src/bin/xplr.rs b/src/bin/xplr.rs
index 3691136..cd1964f 100644
--- a/src/bin/xplr.rs
+++ b/src/bin/xplr.rs
@@ -142,42 +142,42 @@ mod tests {
             .stderr("");
     }
 
-    // TODO: Fix running GitHub action
+    // TODO fix GitHub CI failures
     //
     // #[test]
     // fn test_cli_path_arg_valid() {
     //     Command::cargo_bin("xplr")
     //         .unwrap()
-    //         .arg("/tmp")
+    //         .arg("src")
     //         .arg("--on-load")
     //         .arg("PrintResultAndQuit")
     //         .assert()
     //         .success()
     //         .code(0)
     //         .stderr("");
-
+    //
     //     Command::cargo_bin("xplr")
     //         .unwrap()
-    //         .arg("/tmp")
+    //         .arg("src")
     //         .arg("--on-load")
     //         .arg("PrintResultAndQuit")
     //         .assert()
     //         .success()
     //         .code(0)
     //         .stderr("");
-
+    //
     //     Command::cargo_bin("xplr")
     //         .unwrap()
     //         .arg("--on-load")
     //         .arg("PrintResultAndQuit")
     //         .arg("--")
-    //         .arg("/tmp")
+    //         .arg("src")
     //         .assert()
     //         .success()
     //         .code(0)
     //         .stderr("");
     // }
-
+    //
     // #[test]
     // fn test_cli_path_stdin_valid() {
     //     Command::cargo_bin("xplr")
@@ -185,10 +185,25 @@ mod tests {
     //         .arg("-")
     //         .arg("--on-load")
     //         .arg("PrintResultAndQuit")
-    //         .write_stdin("/tmp\n")
+    //         .write_stdin("src\n")
     //         .assert()
     //         .success()
     //         .code(0)
     //         .stderr("");
     // }
+    //
+    // #[test]
+    // fn test_on_load_yaml_parsing() {
+    //     Command::cargo_bin("xplr")
+    //         .unwrap()
+    //         .arg("--on-load")
+    //         .arg("Call: {command: touch, args: [foo]}")
+    //         .arg("Quit")
+    //         .assert()
+    //         .success()
+    //         .code(0)
+    //         .stderr("");
+    //
+    //     std::fs::remove_file("foo").unwrap();
+    // }
 }
diff --git a/src/msg/in_/external.rs b/src/msg/in_/external.rs
index 0dab479..8442d82 100644
--- a/src/msg/in_/external.rs
+++ b/src/msg/in_/external.rs
@@ -1423,8 +1423,16 @@ impl PartialEq for CmpRegex {
 
 impl Eq for CmpRegex {}
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, Hash, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+// See https://github.com/sayanarijit/xplr/issues/503
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+struct NodeFilterApplicableDeserializer {
+    pub filter: NodeFilter,
+    pub input: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, Hash, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields, from = "NodeFilterApplicableDeserializer")]
 pub struct NodeFilterApplicable {
     pub filter: NodeFilter,
     pub input: String,
@@ -1433,6 +1441,12 @@ pub struct NodeFilterApplicable {
     pub regex: Option<CmpRegex>,
 }
 
+impl From<NodeFilterApplicableDeserializer> for NodeFilterApplicable {
+    fn from(f: NodeFilterApplicableDeserializer) -> Self {
+        NodeFilterApplicable::new(f.filter, f.input)
+    }
+}
+
 impl NodeFilterApplicable {
     pub fn new(filter: NodeFilter, input: String) -> Self {
         use NodeFilter::*;