diff --git a/rust/lance/Cargo.toml b/rust/lance/Cargo.toml
index b259ce7bdf5..48f4cd7aca7 100644
--- a/rust/lance/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/lance/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ async-recursion.workspace = true
 async-trait.workspace = true
 byteorder.workspace = true
 bytes.workspace = true
-chrono.workspace = true
+chrono = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 clap = { version = "4.1.1", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 # This is already used by datafusion
 dashmap = "6"