diff --git a/half-fix-metadata-auto.diff b/half-fix-metadata-auto.diff
index 995b235..54a64eb 100644
--- a/half-fix-metadata-auto.diff
+++ b/half-fix-metadata-auto.diff
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 --- half-2.4.1/Cargo.toml	1970-01-01T00:00:01+00:00
-+++ half-2.4.1/Cargo.toml	2024-04-16T11:13:05.272246+00:00
++++ half-2.4.1/Cargo.toml	2024-09-15T05:57:07.275924+00:00
 @@ -111,5 +111,3 @@
  std = ["alloc"]
  use-intrinsics = []
diff --git a/half-fix-metadata.diff b/half-fix-metadata.diff
index 245cd50..85198a4 100644
--- a/half-fix-metadata.diff
+++ b/half-fix-metadata.diff
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 --- half-2.4.1/Cargo.toml	1970-01-01T00:00:01+00:00
-+++ half-2.4.1/Cargo.toml	2024-04-16T11:14:00.026530+00:00
-@@ -86,9 +86,6 @@
- optional = true
++++ half-2.4.1/Cargo.toml	2024-09-15T05:57:16.266047+00:00
+@@ -82,12 +82,9 @@
  default-features = false
  
+ [dependencies.zerocopy]
+-version = "0.6.0"
++version = "0.7.0"
+ optional = true
+ default-features = false
+-
 -[dev-dependencies.criterion]
 -version = "0.4.0"
--
+ 
  [dev-dependencies.crunchy]
  version = "0.2.2"
- 
diff --git a/rust-half.spec b/rust-half.spec
index 05681c2..666ab34 100644
--- a/rust-half.spec
+++ b/rust-half.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ Source:         %{crates_source}
 Patch:          half-fix-metadata-auto.diff
 # Manually created patch for downstream crate metadata changes
 # * drop unused, benchmark-only criterion dev-dependency
+# * allow current releases of zerocopy (0.7.x):
+#   https://github.com/starkat99/half-rs/pull/114
 Patch:          half-fix-metadata.diff
 
 BuildRequires:  cargo-rpm-macros >= 24
diff --git a/rust2rpm.toml b/rust2rpm.toml
index be67729..46d1af0 100644
--- a/rust2rpm.toml
+++ b/rust2rpm.toml
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 summary = "Half-precision floating point f16 and bf16 types for Rust"
 cargo-toml-patch-comments = [
     "drop unused, benchmark-only criterion dev-dependency",
+    "allow current releases of zerocopy (0.7.x): https://github.com/starkat99/half-rs/pull/114",
 ]