diff --git a/examples/using-excel/.snyk b/examples/using-excel/.snyk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3f864846cf166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/using-excel/.snyk
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Snyk (https://snyk.io) policy file, patches or ignores known vulnerabilities.
+version: v1.14.1
+ignore: {}
+# patches apply the minimum changes required to fix a vulnerability
+patch:
+  SNYK-JS-LODASH-567746:
+    - gatsby > gatsby-telemetry > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-14T08:24:14.382Z'
+    - gatsby > gatsby-plugin-page-creator > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-14T08:24:14.382Z'
+    - gatsby > gatsby-cli > gatsby-telemetry > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-14T08:24:14.382Z'
+    - gatsby > gatsby-plugin-page-creator > gatsby-page-utils > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-14T08:24:14.382Z'
+    - gatsby > babel-preset-gatsby > @babel/preset-env > @babel/plugin-transform-block-scoping > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-14T08:24:14.382Z'
+    - gatsby > gatsby-cli > gatsby-recipes > gatsby-telemetry > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-14T08:24:14.382Z'
+    - gatsby > babel-preset-gatsby > @babel/preset-env > @babel/plugin-transform-classes > @babel/helper-define-map > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-14T08:24:14.382Z'
+    - gatsby > babel-preset-gatsby > @babel/preset-env > @babel/plugin-transform-unicode-regex > @babel/helper-create-regexp-features-plugin > @babel/helper-regex > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-14T08:24:14.382Z'
+    - gatsby > gatsby-cli > gatsby-recipes > babel-preset-gatsby > @babel/preset-env > @babel/plugin-transform-block-scoping > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-14T08:24:14.382Z'
+    - gatsby > babel-preset-gatsby > @babel/preset-env > @babel/preset-modules > @babel/plugin-transform-dotall-regex > @babel/helper-create-regexp-features-plugin > @babel/helper-regex > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-14T08:24:14.382Z'
+    - gatsby > gatsby-cli > gatsby-recipes > babel-preset-gatsby > @babel/preset-env > @babel/plugin-transform-classes > @babel/helper-define-map > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-14T08:24:14.382Z'
+    - gatsby > babel-preset-gatsby > @babel/preset-env > @babel/plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator > @babel/helper-builder-binary-assignment-operator-visitor > @babel/helper-explode-assignable-expression > @babel/traverse > @babel/generator > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-14T08:24:14.382Z'
+    - gatsby > gatsby-cli > gatsby-recipes > babel-preset-gatsby > @babel/preset-env > @babel/plugin-transform-unicode-regex > @babel/helper-create-regexp-features-plugin > @babel/helper-regex > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-14T08:24:14.382Z'
+    - gatsby > babel-preset-gatsby > @babel/preset-env > @babel/plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator > @babel/helper-builder-binary-assignment-operator-visitor > @babel/helper-explode-assignable-expression > @babel/traverse > @babel/helper-split-export-declaration > @babel/types > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-14T08:24:14.382Z'
+    - gatsby > gatsby-cli > gatsby-recipes > babel-preset-gatsby > @babel/preset-env > @babel/preset-modules > @babel/plugin-transform-dotall-regex > @babel/helper-create-regexp-features-plugin > @babel/helper-regex > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-14T08:24:14.382Z'
+    - gatsby > gatsby-cli > gatsby-recipes > babel-preset-gatsby > @babel/preset-env > @babel/plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator > @babel/helper-builder-binary-assignment-operator-visitor > @babel/helper-explode-assignable-expression > @babel/traverse > @babel/generator > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-14T08:24:14.382Z'
+    - gatsby > babel-preset-gatsby > @babel/preset-env > @babel/plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator > @babel/helper-builder-binary-assignment-operator-visitor > @babel/helper-explode-assignable-expression > @babel/traverse > @babel/helper-function-name > @babel/template > @babel/types > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-14T08:24:14.382Z'
+    - gatsby > gatsby-cli > gatsby-recipes > babel-preset-gatsby > @babel/preset-env > @babel/plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator > @babel/helper-builder-binary-assignment-operator-visitor > @babel/helper-explode-assignable-expression > @babel/traverse > @babel/helper-split-export-declaration > @babel/types > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-14T08:24:14.382Z'
+    - gatsby > gatsby-cli > gatsby-recipes > babel-preset-gatsby > @babel/preset-env > @babel/plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator > @babel/helper-builder-binary-assignment-operator-visitor > @babel/helper-explode-assignable-expression > @babel/traverse > @babel/helper-function-name > @babel/template > @babel/types > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-14T08:24:14.382Z'
diff --git a/examples/using-excel/package.json b/examples/using-excel/package.json
index 2f57523a71306..d8e09f953e2fe 100644
--- a/examples/using-excel/package.json
+++ b/examples/using-excel/package.json
@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@
     "gatsby": "latest",
     "gatsby-link": "latest",
     "gatsby-source-filesystem": "latest",
-    "gatsby-transformer-excel": "latest"
+    "gatsby-transformer-excel": "latest",
+    "snyk": "^1.320.3"
   },
   "license": "MIT",
   "main": "n/a",
   "scripts": {
     "develop": "gatsby develop",
-    "build": "gatsby build"
-  }
+    "build": "gatsby build",
+    "snyk-protect": "snyk protect",
+    "prepublish": "npm run snyk-protect"
+  },
+  "snyk": true
 }