diff --git a/tonic/Cargo.toml b/tonic/Cargo.toml
index 06474b7ed..f6996f6fe 100644
--- a/tonic/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tonic/Cargo.toml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ quickcheck = "1.0"
 quickcheck_macros = "1.0"
 static_assertions = "1.0"
 tokio = {version = "1.0", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"]}
-tower = {version = "0.5", features = ["full"]}
+tower = {version = "0.5", features = ["load-shed", "timeout"]}
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true