diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index dbe82d23..1f5b2152 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,3 @@ updates:
       update-types:
       - "minor"
       - "patch"
-      exclude-patterns:
-      # go-diskfs 1.8 broke API wrt 1.7 which is in use by syft
-      # at the time of writing
-      # keep until https://github.com/anchore/syft/pull/4719 is merged or issue resolved.
-      - "github.com/diskfs/go-diskfs"