diff --git a/deny.toml b/deny.toml
index a2fda7b443e..a8669f57ee0 100644
--- a/deny.toml
+++ b/deny.toml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ exceptions = [
     { allow = ["MPL-2.0"], name = "sized-chunks" },
     { allow = ["MPL-2.0"], name = "webpki-roots" },
     { allow = ["CDDL-1.0"], name = "inferno" },
+    { allow = ["OpenSSL"], name = "ring" },
 ]
 
 # This section is considered when running `cargo deny check sources`.