diff --git a/cli/openbb_cli/controllers/utils.py b/cli/openbb_cli/controllers/utils.py
index 0a1bac727b2..1bec8bad1fe 100644
--- a/cli/openbb_cli/controllers/utils.py
+++ b/cli/openbb_cli/controllers/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Utils."""
 
 import argparse
+import ast
 import os
 import random
 import re
@@ -920,13 +921,11 @@ def parse_unknown_args_to_dict(unknown_args: list[str] | None) -> dict[str, str]
             if arg.startswith("--"):
                 if idx + 1 < len(unknown_args):
                     try:
-                        unknown_args_dict[arg.replace("--", "")] = (
-                            eval(  # noqa: S307, E501 pylint: disable=eval-used
-                                unknown_args[idx + 1]
-                            )
+                        unknown_args_dict[arg.replace("--", "")] = ast.literal_eval(
+                            unknown_args[idx + 1]
                         )
-                    except Exception:
-                        unknown_args_dict[arg] = unknown_args[idx + 1]
+                    except (ValueError, SyntaxError):
+                        unknown_args_dict[arg.replace("--", "")] = unknown_args[idx + 1]
                 else:
                     session.console.print(
                         f"Missing value for argument {arg}. Skipping this argument."