diff --git a/html2text-fix-metadata.diff b/html2text-fix-metadata.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ccfd46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html2text-fix-metadata.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+--- html2text-0.6.0/Cargo.toml	1970-01-01T00:00:01+00:00
++++ html2text-0.6.0/Cargo.toml	2024-10-04T12:37:51.783311+00:00
+@@ -25,14 +25,6 @@
+ license = "MIT"
+ repository = "https://github.com/jugglerchris/rust-html2text/"
+ 
+-[[example]]
+-name = "html2term"
+-path = "examples/html2term.rs"
+-
+-[[example]]
+-name = "html2text"
+-path = "examples/html2text.rs"
+-
+ [dependencies.backtrace]
+ version = "0.3"
+ optional = true
+@@ -52,14 +44,8 @@
+ [dependencies.xml5ever]
+ version = "0.17"
+ 
+-[dev-dependencies.argparse]
+-version = "0.2.2"
+-
+ [features]
+ ansi_colours = []
+ default = []
+ html_trace = []
+ html_trace_bt = ["backtrace"]
+-
+-[target."cfg(unix)".dev-dependencies.termion]
+-version = "1.5"
diff --git a/rust-html2text.spec b/rust-html2text.spec
index a1b3e0e..b2a6a73 100644
--- a/rust-html2text.spec
+++ b/rust-html2text.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:        Render HTML as plain text
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://crates.io/crates/html2text
 Source:         %{crates_source}
+# Manually created patch for downstream crate metadata changes
+# * drop example-only argparse and termion v1 dev-dependencies
+Patch:          html2text-fix-metadata.diff
 
 BuildRequires:  cargo-rpm-macros >= 24
 
@@ -98,6 +101,8 @@ use the "html_trace_bt" feature of the "%{crate}" crate.
 %prep
 %autosetup -n %{crate}-%{version} -p1
 %cargo_prep
+# drop unused example programs that pull in outdated dependencies
+rm -rv examples/
 
 %generate_buildrequires
 %cargo_generate_buildrequires
diff --git a/rust2rpm.toml b/rust2rpm.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5968014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust2rpm.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[package]
+cargo-toml-patch-comments = [
+    "drop example-only argparse and termion v1 dev-dependencies",
+]
+
+[scripts]
+prep.post = [
+    "# drop unused example programs that pull in outdated dependencies",
+    "rm -rv examples/",
+]
+