diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7a64f0ec49e..a3ffc32a6b4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "const_format",
  "nargo",
  "noir_artifact_cli",
- "paste",
  "proptest",
  "rand",
  "toml",
diff --git a/deny.toml b/deny.toml
index c2ff9aee70e..eb07297774a 100644
--- a/deny.toml
+++ b/deny.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ yanked = "warn"
 
 ignore = [
     "RUSTSEC-2024-0388", # derivative unmaintained
+    "RUSTSEC-2024-0436", # paste unmaintained
 ]
 
 # This section is considered when running `cargo deny check bans`.
diff --git a/tooling/acvm_cli/Cargo.toml b/tooling/acvm_cli/Cargo.toml
index d3906175df3..4ce32a5ed99 100644
--- a/tooling/acvm_cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tooling/acvm_cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,4 +39,3 @@ tracing-appender = "0.2.3"
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand.workspace = true
 proptest = "1.2.0"
-paste = "1.0.14"