diff --git a/radicle-git-ext/Cargo.toml b/radicle-git-ext/Cargo.toml
index 8b9e33d..29abca5 100644
--- a/radicle-git-ext/Cargo.toml
+++ b/radicle-git-ext/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ keywords = ["git", "radicle"]
 doctest = false
 test = false
 
+[features]
+minicbor = ["git-ref-format/minicbor"]
+
 [dependencies]
 percent-encoding = "2"
 thiserror = "1"
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ features = ["vendored-libgit2"]
 [dependencies.git-ref-format]
 version = "0.2.3"
 path = "./git-ref-format"
-features = ["macro", "serde", "minicbor"]
+features = ["macro", "serde"]
 
 [dependencies.serde]
 version = "1"
diff --git a/radicle-git-ext/t/Cargo.toml b/radicle-git-ext/t/Cargo.toml
index 8e8b93f..1f97a2d 100644
--- a/radicle-git-ext/t/Cargo.toml
+++ b/radicle-git-ext/t/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ features = ["vendored-libgit2"]
 
 [dependencies.radicle-git-ext]
 path = ".."
-features = ["serde"]
+features = ["serde", "minicbor"]
 
 [dev-dependencies.test-helpers]
 path = "../../test/test-helpers"