diff --git a/crates/protocol/Cargo.toml b/crates/protocol/Cargo.toml
index dc15bc0..3bd278c 100644
--- a/crates/protocol/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/protocol/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ license = "MIT"
 [dependencies]
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 bincode = { workspace = true }
-tokio = { workspace = true }
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["io-util"] }
 log = { workspace = true }
 anyhow = { workspace = true }