diff --git a/tools/codegen/Cargo.toml b/tools/codegen/Cargo.toml
index 269d8994..a9fbf8f2 100644
--- a/tools/codegen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tools/codegen/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ serde = "1"
 serde_derive = "1"
 serde_json = "1"
 sha2 = "0.10"
-spdx = "0.11"
+spdx = "0.12"
 tar = "0.4"
 toml = { version = "0.9", default-features = false, features = ["parse", "serde"] }
 # TODO: call curl command instead of using ureq?
diff --git a/tools/codegen/src/main.rs b/tools/codegen/src/main.rs
index c4aed78a..bc2dd7ec 100644
--- a/tools/codegen/src/main.rs
+++ b/tools/codegen/src/main.rs
@@ -834,16 +834,14 @@ fn get_license_markdown(spdx_expr: &str, repo: &str, default_branch: &str) -> Op
             ExprNode::Req(ExpressionReq {
                 req:
                     spdx::LicenseReq {
-                        license: spdx::LicenseItem::Spdx { id, or_later },
-                        exception,
-                        ..
+                        license: spdx::LicenseItem::Spdx { id, or_later }, addition, ..
                     },
                 ..
             }) => {
                 if *or_later {
                     panic!("need to handle or_later");
                 }
-                if let Some(exception_id) = exception {
+                if let Some(spdx::AdditionItem::Spdx(exception_id)) = addition {
                     license_ids.push((id, Some(exception_id)));
                 } else {
                     license_ids.push((id, None));