diff --git a/yarn.config.cjs b/yarn.config.cjs
index a2e0428f09..e52a047a7b 100644
--- a/yarn.config.cjs
+++ b/yarn.config.cjs
@@ -714,6 +714,24 @@ function expectControllerDependenciesListedAsPeerDependencies(
   }
 }
 
+function getInconsistentDependenciesAndDevDependencies(dependencyIdent, dependenciesByRange) {
+  const ALLOWED_INCONSISTENT_DEPENDENCIES = Object.entries({
+    // '@metamask/foo': ['^1.0.0'],
+  });
+  for (const [allowedPackage, ignoredRange] of ALLOWED_INCONSISTENT_DEPENDENCIES) {
+    if (allowedPackage === dependencyIdent) {
+      return new Map(
+        Object.entries(
+          dependenciesByRange
+        ).filter(
+          ([range]) => !ignoredRange.includes(range)
+        )
+      )
+    }
+  }
+  return dependenciesByRange;
+}
+
 /**
  * Expect that all version ranges in `dependencies` and `devDependencies` for
  * the same dependency across the entire monorepo are the same. As it is
@@ -732,9 +750,11 @@ function expectConsistentDependenciesAndDevDependencies(Yarn) {
     dependencyIdent,
     dependenciesByRange,
   ] of nonPeerDependenciesByIdent.entries()) {
-    const dependencyRanges = [...dependenciesByRange.keys()].sort();
+    const dependenciesToConsider =
+      getInconsistentDependenciesAndDevDependencies(dependencyIdent, dependenciesByRange);
+    const dependencyRanges = [...dependenciesToConsider.keys()].sort();
     if (dependenciesByRange.size > 1) {
-      for (const dependencies of dependenciesByRange.values()) {
+      for (const dependencies of dependenciesToConsider.values()) {
         for (const dependency of dependencies) {
           dependency.error(
             `Expected version range for ${dependencyIdent} (in ${