diff --git a/rpc/Cargo.toml b/rpc/Cargo.toml
index 3a0853cb3..462f775b5 100644
--- a/rpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -88,6 +88,6 @@ tracing = { version = "0.1", optional = true, default-features = false }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["fmt"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-http = { version = "1", default-features = false }
+http = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 lazy_static = { version = "1.4.0", default-features = false }
 tokio-test = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }