diff --git a/deny.toml b/deny.toml
index c543455c..bc2a9dff 100644
--- a/deny.toml
+++ b/deny.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ skip-tree = [
     { name = "spin" },
     # lots still pulls in syn 1.x
     { name = "syn" },
+    # old version pulled in by tracing-subscriber in dev-deps and examples
+    { name = "regex-syntax" },
 ]
 
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