diff --git a/grpc-protobuf/Cargo.toml b/grpc-protobuf/Cargo.toml
index 3dc636497..71d03c79a 100644
--- a/grpc-protobuf/Cargo.toml
+++ b/grpc-protobuf/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ allowed_external_types = [
 
 [dependencies]
 bytes = "1.11.1"
-grpc = { version = "0.10.0", path = "../grpc" }
+grpc = { version = "0.10.0", path = "../grpc", default-features = false }
 protobuf = "4.35.1-release"
 protobuf-well-known-types = "4.35.1-release"