diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0e1aeef..9a6e294 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ java-rand = "0.2.0"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 
 [features]
-default = ["image"]
+default = ["image", "serde"]
 image = ["dep:image", "dep:imageproc"]
 allow_forced_iso_ied_18004_compliance = []
 svg_write = ["dep:svg"]