diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 73a6d7c..df1b14e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ cfgv==3.4.0
     # via pre-commit
 chardet==5.2.0
     # via frictionless
-charset-normalizer==3.3.2
+charset-normalizer==3.4.0
     # via requests
 click==8.1.7
     # via typer
-coverage==7.6.1
+coverage==7.6.3
     # via pytest-cov
-distlib==0.3.8
+distlib==0.3.9
     # via virtualenv
 et-xmlfile==1.1.0
     # via openpyxl
@@ -40,19 +40,19 @@ ijson==3.3.0
     # via hdx-python-utilities
 iniconfig==2.0.0
     # via pytest
-isodate==0.6.1
+isodate==0.7.2
     # via frictionless
 jinja2==3.1.4
     # via frictionless
 jsonlines==4.0.0
     # via hdx-python-utilities
-jsonpath-ng==1.6.1
+jsonpath-ng==1.7.0
     # via libhxl
 jsonschema==4.23.0
     # via
     #   frictionless
     #   tableschema-to-template
-jsonschema-specifications==2023.12.1
+jsonschema-specifications==2024.10.1
     # via jsonschema
 libhxl==5.2.1
     # via hdx-python-country (pyproject.toml)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ markdown-it-py==3.0.0
     # via rich
 marko==2.1.2
     # via frictionless
-markupsafe==2.1.5
+markupsafe==3.0.1
     # via jinja2
 mdurl==0.1.2
     # via markdown-it-py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ ply==3.11
     # via
     #   jsonpath-ng
     #   libhxl
-pre-commit==4.0.0
+pre-commit==4.0.1
     # via hdx-python-country (pyproject.toml)
 pydantic==2.9.2
     # via frictionless
@@ -142,9 +142,7 @@ shellingham==1.5.4
 simpleeval==1.0.0
     # via frictionless
 six==1.16.0
-    # via
-    #   isodate
-    #   python-dateutil
+    # via python-dateutil
 stringcase==1.2.0
     # via frictionless
 structlog==24.4.0
diff --git a/src/hdx/location/adminlevel.py b/src/hdx/location/adminlevel.py
index aef7258..6dfe91c 100755
--- a/src/hdx/location/adminlevel.py
+++ b/src/hdx/location/adminlevel.py
@@ -602,6 +602,38 @@ def get_admin_name_replacements(
                 continue
         return relevant_name_replacements
 
+    def get_admin_fuzzy_dont(
+        self, countryiso3: str, parent: Optional[str]
+    ) -> List[str]:
+        """Get relevant admin names that should not be fuzzy matched from
+        admin fuzzy dont which is a list of strings. These can be global
+        or they can be restricted by country or parent. Keys take the form
+        "DONT_MATCH", "AFG|DONT_MATCH", or "AF01|DONT_MATCH".
+
+        Args:
+            countryiso3 (str): ISO3 country code
+            parent (Optional[str]): Parent admin code
+
+        Returns:
+            List[str]: Relevant admin names that should not be fuzzy matched
+        """
+        relevant_admin_fuzzy_dont = []
+        for value in self.admin_fuzzy_dont:
+            if "|" not in value:
+                if value not in relevant_admin_fuzzy_dont:
+                    relevant_admin_fuzzy_dont.append(value)
+                continue
+            prefix, name = value.split("|")
+            if parent:
+                if prefix == parent:
+                    if name not in relevant_admin_fuzzy_dont:
+                        relevant_admin_fuzzy_dont.append(name)
+            if prefix == countryiso3:
+                if name not in relevant_admin_fuzzy_dont:
+                    relevant_admin_fuzzy_dont.append(name)
+                continue
+        return relevant_admin_fuzzy_dont
+
     def fuzzy_pcode(
         self,
         countryiso3: str,
@@ -658,7 +690,9 @@ def fuzzy_pcode(
         pcode = name_to_pcode.get(
             normalised_name, name_to_pcode.get(alt_normalised_name)
         )
-        if not pcode and name.lower() in self.admin_fuzzy_dont:
+        if not pcode and name.lower() in self.get_admin_fuzzy_dont(
+            countryiso3, parent
+        ):
             if logname:
                 self.ignored.add((logname, countryiso3, name))
             return None
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/adminlevel.yaml b/tests/fixtures/adminlevel.yaml
index 17fdc85..a53d5fe 100755
--- a/tests/fixtures/adminlevel.yaml
+++ b/tests/fixtures/adminlevel.yaml
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ admin_name_replacements:
   " oblast": ""
 
 admin_fuzzy_dont:
-  - "nord"
+  - "YEM|nord"
   - "north"
   - "sud"
   - "south"
diff --git a/tests/hdx/location/test_adminlevel.py b/tests/hdx/location/test_adminlevel.py
index b2dc872..6480796 100755
--- a/tests/hdx/location/test_adminlevel.py
+++ b/tests/hdx/location/test_adminlevel.py
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ def test_adminlevel_with_url(self, config, url, fixtures_dir):
         adminone = AdminLevel(config)
         adminone.setup_from_url()
         assert adminone.get_admin_level("YEM") == 1
-        assert len(adminone.get_pcode_list()) == 2510
+        assert len(adminone.get_pcode_list()) == 2526
         assert adminone.get_pcode_length("YEM") == 4
         assert adminone.get_pcode("YEM", "YE30", logname="test") == (
             "YE30",