diff --git a/templates/default/deny.toml b/templates/default/deny.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e12fce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/default/deny.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[licenses]
+# List of explicitly allowed licenses
+# See https://spdx.org/licenses/ for list of possible licenses
+# [possible values: any SPDX 3.11 short identifier (+ optional exception)].
+allow = [
+    "Apache-2.0",
+    "MIT",
+    "CAL-1.0",
+    "Unlicense"
+]
+
+# The confidence threshold for detecting a license from license text.
+# The higher the value, the more closely the license text must be to the
+# canonical license text of a valid SPDX license file.
+# [possible values: any between 0.0 and 1.0].
+confidence-threshold = 0.8
diff --git a/templates/default/rust/app/Cargo.toml b/templates/default/rust/app/Cargo.toml
index 52af8e5..f1500f4 100644
--- a/templates/default/rust/app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/templates/default/rust/app/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "app"
 edition = "2021"
+license = "CAL-1.0"
 version.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/templates/default/rust/lib/Cargo.toml b/templates/default/rust/lib/Cargo.toml
index ded6285..791c3b7 100644
--- a/templates/default/rust/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/templates/default/rust/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "lib"
 edition = "2021"
+license = "CAL-1.0"
 version.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]