diff --git a/deny.toml b/deny.toml
index f6c52a81..6548faa2 100644
--- a/deny.toml
+++ b/deny.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ skip-tree = [
 ]
 skip = [
     { name = "spin", version = "=0.5.2" },
+    # old version pulled in by h2
+    { name = "tokio-util", version = "=0.6.9" },
 ]
 
 [sources]