diff --git a/umbral-pre/src/lib.rs b/umbral-pre/src/lib.rs
index 0ca0e3f3..8f55dc7e 100644
--- a/umbral-pre/src/lib.rs
+++ b/umbral-pre/src/lib.rs
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 
 extern crate alloc;
 
+#[allow(dead_code)] // for some reason `macro_use` is marked as unused in CI
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate typenum;