diff --git a/.changes/fix-nsis-on-unix.md b/.changes/fix-nsis-on-unix.md
index c52330d8..942976cf 100644
--- a/.changes/fix-nsis-on-unix.md
+++ b/.changes/fix-nsis-on-unix.md
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 "cargo-packager": patch
 ---
 
-Fix bundling NSIS on Linux and macOS failing due to the verbose flag.
\ No newline at end of file
+Fix bundling NSIS on Linux and macOS failing due to the verbose flag.
diff --git a/crates/utils/src/current_exe.rs b/crates/utils/src/current_exe.rs
index 7fb9da62..34f5e761 100644
--- a/crates/utils/src/current_exe.rs
+++ b/crates/utils/src/current_exe.rs
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ impl StartingBinary {
     ///
     /// Because [`Error`] is not clone-able, it is recreated instead.
     pub(super) fn cloned(&self) -> Result<PathBuf> {
+        // false positive
+        #[allow(clippy::useless_asref)]
         self.0
             .as_ref()
             .map(Clone::clone)