diff --git a/directories-fix-metadata.diff b/directories-fix-metadata.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45e5930
--- /dev/null
+++ b/directories-fix-metadata.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- directories-5.0.1/Cargo.toml	1970-01-01T00:00:01+00:00
++++ directories-5.0.1/Cargo.toml	2024-11-12T22:28:37.157435+00:00
+@@ -25,12 +25,5 @@
+ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+ repository = "https://github.com/soc/directories-rs"
+ 
+-[[bench]]
+-name = "constructors"
+-harness = false
+-
+ [dependencies.dirs-sys]
+ version = "0.4.1"
+-
+-[dev-dependencies.bencher]
+-version = "0.1.5"
diff --git a/rust-directories.spec b/rust-directories.spec
index a80c36a..2bc042e 100644
--- a/rust-directories.spec
+++ b/rust-directories.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by rust2rpm 25
+# Generated by rust2rpm 26
 %bcond_without check
 %global debug_package %{nil}
 
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ Summary:        Platform-specific standard locations of directories
 License:        MIT OR Apache-2.0
 URL:            https://crates.io/crates/directories
 Source:         %{crates_source}
+# Manually created patch for downstream crate metadata changes
+# * drop unused, benchmark-only criterion dev-dependency
+Patch:          directories-fix-metadata.diff
 
 BuildRequires:  cargo-rpm-macros >= 24
 
diff --git a/rust2rpm.toml b/rust2rpm.toml
index 1c04cd9..b9d2707 100644
--- a/rust2rpm.toml
+++ b/rust2rpm.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 summary = "Platform-specific standard locations of directories"
+cargo-toml-patch-comments = [
+    "drop unused, benchmark-only criterion dev-dependency",
+]