diff --git a/gix-packetline/Cargo.toml b/gix-packetline/Cargo.toml
index d694ff602ee..6da58ea3c4e 100644
--- a/gix-packetline/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gix-packetline/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ default = []
 ## If set, all IO will become blocking. The same types will be used preventing side-by-side usage of blocking and non-blocking IO.
 blocking-io = []
 ## Implement IO traits from `futures-io`.
-async-io = ["futures-io", "futures-lite", "pin-project-lite"]
+async-io = ["dep:futures-io", "dep:futures-lite", "dep:pin-project-lite"]
 
 #! ### Other
 ## Data structures implement `serde::Serialize` and `serde::Deserialize`.