diff --git a/crates/optimism/exex/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/exex/Cargo.toml
index bbcefba8953..a6875f2b01e 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/exex/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/exex/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,15 +19,14 @@ reth-node-api.workspace = true
 reth-provider.workspace = true
 reth-chainspec.workspace = true
 
-# for ethereum types, `serde-bincode-compat` is added by `reth-storage-api`, however this does not work with `op` until
-# `reth-storage-api` is updated to support `op`, so we add it here.
-reth-optimism-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["reth-codec", "serde-bincode-compat", "serde"] }
-
 # ethereum
 alloy-primitives.workspace = true
 
 # op-reth
-reth-optimism-trie.workspace = true
+# serde-bincode-compat is needed since exex is a dep of stages and stages uses bincode dep
+reth-optimism-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["reth-codec", "serde-bincode-compat"] }
+# proofs exex handles `TrieUpdates` in notifications
+reth-optimism-trie = { workspace = true, features = ["serde-bincode-compat"] }
 
 # misc
 eyre.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/optimism/trie/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/trie/Cargo.toml
index d73ea537dfa..acccdc864e6 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/trie/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/trie/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,3 +52,9 @@ test-case.workspace = true
 reth-db = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
 reth-trie = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
 tempfile.workspace = true
+
+[features]
+serde-bincode-compat = [
+    "reth-primitives-traits/serde-bincode-compat",
+    "reth-trie/serde-bincode-compat",
+]
diff --git a/crates/trie/trie/Cargo.toml b/crates/trie/trie/Cargo.toml
index 403d187e46a..9ec87912c62 100644
--- a/crates/trie/trie/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/trie/trie/Cargo.toml
@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@ test-utils = [
     "reth-trie-sparse/test-utils",
     "reth-stages-types/test-utils",
 ]
+serde-bincode-compat = [
+    "alloy-consensus/serde-bincode-compat",
+    "alloy-eips/serde-bincode-compat",
+    "reth-ethereum-primitives/serde-bincode-compat",
+    "reth-primitives-traits/serde-bincode-compat",
+    "reth-trie-common/serde-bincode-compat",
+]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "hash_post_state"