diff --git a/compiled_starters/docker-starter-rust/Cargo.toml b/compiled_starters/docker-starter-rust/Cargo.toml
index 853c6296..e7c9d49c 100644
--- a/compiled_starters/docker-starter-rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/compiled_starters/docker-starter-rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.10", features = ["json", "blocking"] } # http requests
 bytes = "0.5" # helps wrap responses from reqwest
 tokio = { version = "0.2", features = ["full"] } # async http requests
 libc = "0.2.103" # for syscalls like chroot
-serde = "1.0.136" # for json mangling
+serde = { version = "1.0.136", features = ["derive"] } # for json mangling
 serde_json = "1.0.79" # for json mangling
diff --git a/starter_templates/docker/rust/Cargo.toml b/starter_templates/docker/rust/Cargo.toml
index 853c6296..e7c9d49c 100644
--- a/starter_templates/docker/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/starter_templates/docker/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.10", features = ["json", "blocking"] } # http requests
 bytes = "0.5" # helps wrap responses from reqwest
 tokio = { version = "0.2", features = ["full"] } # async http requests
 libc = "0.2.103" # for syscalls like chroot
-serde = "1.0.136" # for json mangling
+serde = { version = "1.0.136", features = ["derive"] } # for json mangling
 serde_json = "1.0.79" # for json mangling