diff --git a/src/dfx/src/config/cache.rs b/src/dfx/src/config/cache.rs
index 7491d8e701..401b8597ae 100644
--- a/src/dfx/src/config/cache.rs
+++ b/src/dfx/src/config/cache.rs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ pub fn install_version(v: &str, force: bool) -> Result<PathBuf, CacheError> {
 
         // Copy our own binary in the cache.
         let dfx = temp_p.join("dfx");
-        #[allow(clippy::needless_borrow)]
+        #[allow(clippy::needless_borrows_for_generic_args)]
         dfx_core::fs::write(
             &dfx,
             dfx_core::fs::read(&current_exe).map_err(UnifiedIoError::from)?,