diff --git a/primitives/polkadot-core/Cargo.toml b/primitives/polkadot-core/Cargo.toml
index dd3912429d..4851ce14c0 100644
--- a/primitives/polkadot-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/primitives/polkadot-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ workspace = true
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.1.5", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 parity-util-mem = { version = "0.12.0", optional = true }
 scale-info = { version = "2.11.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
-serde = { default-features = false, features = ["derive"], optional = true, workspace = true }
+serde = { optional = true, features = ["derive"], workspace = true, default-features = true }
 
 # Bridge Dependencies