diff --git a/0001-port-from-pulldown-cmark-0.9-to-0.11.patch b/0001-port-from-pulldown-cmark-0.9-to-0.11.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb67b77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-port-from-pulldown-cmark-0.9-to-0.11.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From c3cd77fbb9e374e3133648048a6f0fa560296993 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 17:21:08 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] port from pulldown-cmark 0.9 to 0.11
+
+---
+ src/markdown_deps.rs | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/markdown_deps.rs b/src/markdown_deps.rs
+index d39b0de..64d590a 100644
+--- a/src/markdown_deps.rs
++++ b/src/markdown_deps.rs
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ #![cfg(feature = "markdown_deps_updated")]
+ use pulldown_cmark::CodeBlockKind::Fenced;
+-use pulldown_cmark::{Event, Parser, Tag};
++use pulldown_cmark::{Event, Parser, Tag, TagEnd};
+ use semver::{Version, VersionReq};
+ use toml::Value;
+ 
+@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ fn find_toml_blocks(text: &str) -> Vec<CodeBlock> {
+                     block.content.push_str(&code);
+                 }
+             }
+-            Event::End(Tag::CodeBlock(_)) => {
++            Event::End(TagEnd::CodeBlock) => {
+                 if let Some(block) = current_block.take() {
+                     code_blocks.push(block);
+                 }
+-- 
+2.46.0
+
diff --git a/rust-version-sync.spec b/rust-version-sync.spec
index 82d126e..59c8e67 100644
--- a/rust-version-sync.spec
+++ b/rust-version-sync.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by rust2rpm 25
+# Generated by rust2rpm 26
 %bcond_without check
 %global debug_package %{nil}
 
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ Summary:        Simple crate for ensuring that version numbers in README files a
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://crates.io/crates/version-sync
 Source:         %{crates_source}
+# Manually created patch for downstream crate metadata changes
+# * bump pulldown-cmark dependency from 0.9 to 0.11:
+#   https://github.com/mgeisler/version-sync/commit/cc74ef5
+# * bump toml dependency from 0.7.8 to 0.8:
+#   https://github.com/mgeisler/version-sync/commit/63ae792
+Patch:          version-sync-fix-metadata.diff
+Patch:          0001-port-from-pulldown-cmark-0.9-to-0.11.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  cargo-rpm-macros >= 24
 
diff --git a/version-sync-fix-metadata.diff b/version-sync-fix-metadata.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b7900d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version-sync-fix-metadata.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- version-sync-0.9.5/Cargo.toml	1970-01-01T00:00:01+00:00
++++ version-sync-0.9.5/Cargo.toml	2024-09-14T15:17:25.471687+00:00
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
+ default-features = false
+ 
+ [dependencies.pulldown-cmark]
+-version = "0.9.1"
++version = "0.11"
+ optional = true
+ default-features = false
+ 
+@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
+ default-features = false
+ 
+ [dependencies.toml]
+-version = "0.7.8"
++version = "0.8"
+ optional = true
+ 
+ [dependencies.url]