diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/guacsec/trustifyda/providers/CargoProvider.java b/src/main/java/io/github/guacsec/trustifyda/providers/CargoProvider.java
index 31abb43c..01e4867f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/guacsec/trustifyda/providers/CargoProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/guacsec/trustifyda/providers/CargoProvider.java
@@ -441,7 +441,13 @@ private void processDirectDependencies(
   }
 
   private boolean shouldSkipDependency(CargoDep dep, Set<String> ignoredDeps) {
-    if (ignoredDeps.contains(dep.name())) {
+    // dep.name() returns the crate name (may have underscores)
+    String crateName = dep.name();
+    if (ignoredDeps.contains(crateName)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    String packageNameFormat = crateName.replace('_', '-');
+    if (!crateName.equals(packageNameFormat) && ignoredDeps.contains(packageNameFormat)) {
       return true;
     }