diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6456158..278146c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 
 /aes-gcm-0.8.0.crate
 /aes-gcm-0.9.2.crate
+/aes-gcm-0.9.4.crate
diff --git a/aes-gcm-fix-metadata.diff b/aes-gcm-fix-metadata.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33698dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aes-gcm-fix-metadata.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- aes-gcm-0.9.4/Cargo.toml	1970-01-01T00:00:01+00:00
++++ aes-gcm-0.9.4/Cargo.toml	2021-09-29T15:56:16.778431+00:00
+@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@
+ default-features = false
+ 
+ [dependencies.subtle]
+-version = ">=2, <2.5"
++version = "2"
+ default-features = false
+ 
+ [dependencies.zeroize]
+-version = ">=1, <1.4"
++version = "1"
+ optional = true
+ default-features = false
+ [dev-dependencies.aead]
diff --git a/rust-aes-gcm.spec b/rust-aes-gcm.spec
index 7001876..ecc888b 100644
--- a/rust-aes-gcm.spec
+++ b/rust-aes-gcm.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 %global crate aes-gcm
 
 Name:           rust-%{crate}
-Version:        0.9.2
+Version:        0.9.4
 Release:        %autorelease
 Summary:        Pure Rust implementation of the AES-GCM AEAD Cipher
 
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ Summary:        Pure Rust implementation of the AES-GCM AEAD Cipher
 License:        ASL 2.0 or MIT
 URL:            https://crates.io/crates/aes-gcm
 Source:         %{crates_source}
+# Initial patched metadata
+# * relax subtle and zeroize dependencies
+Patch0:         aes-gcm-fix-metadata.diff
 
 ExclusiveArch:  %{rust_arches}
 %if %{__cargo_skip_build}
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 90dd520..d6794a0 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (aes-gcm-0.9.2.crate) = 0430f4b240651c0d51b7785c10f81d739e8c687c1476d938cbef3b4249541469ab429245b1a97711024fc81795022372c23d2a45c139be289efc4fa9e344ca70
+SHA512 (aes-gcm-0.9.4.crate) = 68cb984c1b29a6266ce5286295fd944183c32a88c1f63b8ad38a0899cb312a00a67bdff8a9d09d8193ff579d7f61f14fd3eb92fbd9f647efc004e610069c424b