diff --git a/vorago-shared-hal/Cargo.toml b/vorago-shared-hal/Cargo.toml
index 4c8280e..71b9662 100644
--- a/vorago-shared-hal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vorago-shared-hal/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ raw-slicee = "0.1"
 thiserror = { version = "2", default-features = false }
 paste = "1"
 fugit = "0.3"
-defmt = { version = "1" }
+defmt = { version = "1", optional = true }
 va108xx = { version = "0.6", path = "../va108xx/va108xx", default-features = false, optional = true }
 va416xx = { version = "0.5", path = "../va416xx/va416xx", default-features = false, optional = true }
 embassy-sync = "0.7"