diff --git a/.nancy-ignore b/.nancy-ignore
index 3f3fe8f0a5..e4fb2b372d 100644
--- a/.nancy-ignore
+++ b/.nancy-ignore
@@ -3,3 +3,11 @@ CVE-2020-15114
 CVE-2020-15136
 CVE-2020-15115
 # end
+
+# x/net false positives - see https://github.com/sonatype-nexus-community/nancy/issues/189
+CVE-2018-17142
+CVE-2018-17846
+CVE-2018-17143
+CVE-2018-17847
+CVE-2018-17848
+# end