diff --git a/deny.toml b/deny.toml
index 7e87d18c9..ff6c927ab 100644
--- a/deny.toml
+++ b/deny.toml
@@ -37,3 +37,9 @@ unknown-git = "deny"
 allow-git = [
   "https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs",
 ]
+
+# ignore duplicated cfg-if dependency because a few dozen dependencies still
+# pull in the old version
+[[bans.skip]]
+name = "cfg-if"
+version = "0.1"