diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 7154214e..f93962bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
           override: true
       - uses: taiki-e/install-action@cargo-hack
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v1
-      - run: cargo hack clippy --feature-powerset --no-dev-deps
+      - run: cargo hack check --feature-powerset --no-dev-deps
 
   test-stable:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 86da7f92..36b1f1ab 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ all-features = true
 prost           = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["prost-derive"] }
 bytes           = { version = "1.2",  default-features = false }
 tonic           = { version = "0.10",  default-features = false, optional = true }
-serde           = { version = "1.0",  default-features = false }
+serde           = { version = "1.0",  default-features = false, optional = true }
 schemars        = { version = "0.8",  optional = true }
 subtle-encoding = { version = "0.5",  default-features = false }
 base64          = { version = "0.21", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 flex-error      = { version = "0.4",  default-features = false }
-ics23           = { version = "0.11.0" , default-features = false }
+ics23           = { version = "0.11.0", default-features = false }
 
 ## Optional: enabled by the `parity-scale-codec` feature
 parity-scale-codec = { version = "3.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["full"],   optional = true }
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ default-features = false
 [features]
 default            = ["std", "client"]
 std                = ["prost/std", "bytes/std", "subtle-encoding/std", "base64/std", "flex-error/std", "ics23/std"]
-serde              = ["ics23/serde"]
-client             = ["std", "tonic", "tonic/codegen", "tonic/transport", "tonic/prost"]
-json-schema        = ["std", "schemars"]
-server             = ["std", "tonic", "tonic/codegen", "tonic/transport", "tonic/prost"]
+serde              = ["dep:serde", "ics23/serde"]
+client             = ["std", "dep:tonic", "tonic/codegen", "tonic/transport", "tonic/prost"]
+json-schema        = ["std", "serde", "dep:schemars"]
+server             = ["std", "dep:tonic", "tonic/codegen", "tonic/transport", "tonic/prost"]
 parity-scale-codec = ["dep:parity-scale-codec", "dep:scale-info"]
 borsh              = ["dep:borsh"]
 proto-descriptor   = []