diff --git a/crates/storage/db-api/Cargo.toml b/crates/storage/db-api/Cargo.toml
index bd77b9d63d7..dbeff359f9a 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/storage/db-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ alloy-genesis.workspace = true
 alloy-consensus.workspace = true
 
 # optimism
-reth-optimism-primitives = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["serde", "reth-codec"] }
+reth-optimism-primitives = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["serde", "reth-codec", "serde-bincode-compat"] }
 
 # codecs
 modular-bitfield.workspace = true