diff --git a/.github/workflows/security-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/security-checker.yml
index eff2b73e0..af2ba6fcd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/security-checker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/security-checker.yml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ jobs:
         run: pip install bandit
 
       - name: Run Bandit
-        run: bandit -r src/
+        run: bandit -c pyproject.toml -r src
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c0239bcb7..e438f6574 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ ignore_missing_imports = true
 disable_error_code = 'import-untyped'
 exclude = ["cli/templates"]
 
+[tool.bandit]
+exclude_dirs = ["src/crewai/cli/templates"]
+
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
diff --git a/src/crewai/agents/agent_builder/base_agent.py b/src/crewai/agents/agent_builder/base_agent.py
index 8604ed08f..22790827a 100644
--- a/src/crewai/agents/agent_builder/base_agent.py
+++ b/src/crewai/agents/agent_builder/base_agent.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class BaseAgent(ABC, BaseModel):
     @property
     def key(self):
         source = [self.role, self.goal, self.backstory]
-        return md5("|".join(source).encode()).hexdigest()
+        return md5("|".join(source).encode(), usedforsecurity=False).hexdigest()
 
     @abstractmethod
     def execute_task(
diff --git a/src/crewai/crew.py b/src/crewai/crew.py
index 5f58e3121..8125f0255 100644
--- a/src/crewai/crew.py
+++ b/src/crewai/crew.py
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ class Crew(BaseModel):
         source = [agent.key for agent in self.agents] + [
             task.key for task in self.tasks
         ]
-        return md5("|".join(source).encode()).hexdigest()
+        return md5("|".join(source).encode(), usedforsecurity=False).hexdigest()
 
     def _setup_from_config(self):
         assert self.config is not None, "Config should not be None."
diff --git a/src/crewai/task.py b/src/crewai/task.py
index 8efaee5fc..9b5c598ce 100644
--- a/src/crewai/task.py
+++ b/src/crewai/task.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class Task(BaseModel):
         expected_output = self._original_expected_output or self.expected_output
         source = [description, expected_output]
 
-        return md5("|".join(source).encode()).hexdigest()
+        return md5("|".join(source).encode(), usedforsecurity=False).hexdigest()
 
     def execute_async(
         self,