--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ anyhow = "1.0"
 base64 = "0.21.0"
 glob = "0.3.0"
 cargo-config2 = "0.1.7"
-cargo_metadata = "0.18.0"
+cargo_metadata = "0.15.4"
 cargo-options = "0.6.0"
 cbindgen = { version = "0.26.0", default-features = false }
 flate2 = "1.0.18"
