diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index bef588d..ddb1549 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -122,14 +122,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Rust Toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
 
-      - name: Install cargo-deny
-        uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2
-        with:
-          tool: cargo-deny
-
       - name: Cargo Deny - Check
-        run: cargo deny check
-        shell: bash
+        uses: EmbarkStudios/cargo-deny-action@v1
 
   # todo: run on all crates
   cargo-hack-codetable:
diff --git a/deny.toml b/deny.toml
index 011ca91..18c39c3 100644
--- a/deny.toml
+++ b/deny.toml
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ ignore = [
     # 1. serde_cbor is unmaintained
     "RUSTSEC-2021-0127"
 ]
-notice = "deny"
-unmaintained = "warn"
-vulnerability = "deny"
-yanked = "deny"
 
 [licenses]
 allow = [
@@ -24,9 +20,7 @@ allow = [
     "MIT",
     "Unicode-DFS-2016",
 ]
-default = "deny"
 confidence-threshold = 1.0
-unlicensed = "deny"
 
 [bans]
 allow = []