diff --git a/deny.toml b/deny.toml
index 6bc5a3a66..8fc479b93 100644
--- a/deny.toml
+++ b/deny.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ deny = [
     { crate = "term" },
 ]
 skip = [
+    { crate = "getrandom@0.2.15", reason = "quickcheck depends on rand which depends on it" },
+    { crate = "wasi@0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1", reason = "quickcheck depends on rand which depends on it" },
     { crate = "itertools@0.12.1", reason = "aws-lc-sys depends on bindgen which depends on it" },
     { crate = "unicode-width@0.1.14", reason = "protox depends on miette wich depends on it" },
 ]
diff --git a/interop/src/lib.rs b/interop/src/lib.rs
index a2bfc337e..961e0fdf7 100644
--- a/interop/src/lib.rs
+++ b/interop/src/lib.rs
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ pub fn trace_init() {
 pub fn client_payload(size: usize) -> pb::Payload {
     pb::Payload {
         r#type: default::Default::default(),
-        body: iter::repeat(0u8).take(size).collect(),
+        body: iter::repeat_n(0u8, size).collect(),
     }
 }
 
 pub fn server_payload(size: usize) -> pb::Payload {
     pb::Payload {
         r#type: default::Default::default(),
-        body: iter::repeat(0u8).take(size).collect(),
+        body: iter::repeat_n(0u8, size).collect(),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tonic/src/response.rs b/tonic/src/response.rs
index e22e25eaf..99272b8b1 100644
--- a/tonic/src/response.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/response.rs
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ impl<T> Response<T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T> From<T> for Response<T> {
+    fn from(inner: T) -> Self {
+        Response::new(inner)
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;