diff --git a/.cargo/audit.toml b/.cargo/audit.toml
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@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[advisories]
+ignore = [
+    "RUSTSEC-2021-0127", # serde_cbor dependency through the criterion dev-dependency
+]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/audit-on-push.yml b/.github/workflows/audit-on-push.yml
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+name: Security audit
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - '**/Cargo.toml'
+      - '**/Cargo.lock'
+jobs:
+  security_audit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - uses: actions-rs/audit-check@v1
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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