diff --git a/crates/types/Cargo.toml b/crates/types/Cargo.toml
index bf2a0dd..9bea690 100644
--- a/crates/types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/types/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,9 +3,14 @@ name = "wasmcloud-operator-types"
 version = "0.1.8"
 edition = "2021"
 
+[package.metadata.cargo-machete]
+# NOTE: This exists because kube-derive needs it, and for reasons I don't
+# fully understand, it's not coming through kube-derive's own depedendencies.
+ignored = ["serde_json"]
+
 [dependencies]
 k8s-openapi = { workspace = true }
 kube = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 schemars = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
-serde_json = { workspace = true }
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
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