diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7956b59e00..21a2d8f85c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ postcard = "1.0"
 tracing-attributes = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
 serde = "1.0"
-serde_json = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
+serde_json = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 serde_with = { version = "3.4", default-features = false }
 strum = { version = "0.25" }
 strum_macros = "0.25"