diff --git a/__tests__/spelling.js b/__tests__/spelling.js
index 0a0d4d5db1..1d0a166ff9 100755
--- a/__tests__/spelling.js
+++ b/__tests__/spelling.js
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ function getCuratedMarkdownBody(body, options = {}) {
  * @returns {String[]}
  */
 function getSpellIgnored() {
-	const ignoreConfigured = yaml.safeLoad(fs.readFileSync('./__tests__/spelling-ignore.yml', 'utf8'))
+	const ignoreConfigured = yaml.safeLoad(fs.readFileSync('./__tests__/spelling-ignore.yml', 'utf8'), {schema: yaml.FAILSAFE_SCHEMA}) //added schema due to entries starting with a non-zero digit
 
 	/*
 	Building spelling exception in the shape FOOxxx where xxx is a number.