diff --git a/chain-evm/Cargo.toml b/chain-evm/Cargo.toml
index 21616364c..1bb452b99 100644
--- a/chain-evm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/chain-evm/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ byte-slice-cast = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
 thiserror = "1.0"
 quickcheck = { version = "0.9", optional = true }
 evm = { version = "0.35.0" }
-ethereum = { version = "0.12.0" }
+ethereum = { version = "0.12.0", features = ["with-serde"] }
 ethereum-types = { version = "0.13.1", features = ["rlp"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]