diff --git a/packages/blast-core/template/Cargo.toml b/packages/blast-core/template/Cargo.toml
index 1a6c85a..e2d97db 100644
--- a/packages/blast-core/template/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/blast-core/template/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 members = ["contracts/*"]
 
 [profile.release]
-opt-level = 3
+opt-level = 'z'
+strip = true
 debug = false
 rpath = false
 lto = true