diff --git a/crc-any-fix-metadata.diff b/crc-any-fix-metadata.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..017ba60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crc-any-fix-metadata.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- crc-any-2.5.0/Cargo.toml	1970-01-01T00:00:01+00:00
++++ crc-any-2.5.0/Cargo.toml	2024-10-29T14:11:56.176934+00:00
+@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@
+ version = "0.8"
+ optional = true
+ 
+-[dev-dependencies.bencher]
+-version = "0.1.5"
+-
+ [features]
+ alloc = ["debug-helper"]
+ default = ["alloc"]
diff --git a/rust-crc-any.spec b/rust-crc-any.spec
index 5a4d15b..fd8a9a9 100644
--- a/rust-crc-any.spec
+++ b/rust-crc-any.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Summary:        Compute CRC values
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://crates.io/crates/crc-any
 Source:         %{crates_source}
+# Manually created patch for downstream crate metadata changes
+Patch:          crc-any-fix-metadata.diff
 
 BuildRequires:  cargo-rpm-macros >= 24