diff --git a/ssz-rs/Cargo.toml b/ssz-rs/Cargo.toml
index 1fecc1d3..654cf907 100644
--- a/ssz-rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ssz-rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ std = [
     "sha2/default",
     "num-bigint/default",
 ]
-serde = ["dep:serde", "dep:hex"]
+serde = ["dep:serde", "hex"]
 
 [dependencies]
 bitvec = { version = "1.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }