diff --git a/serio/Cargo.toml b/serio/Cargo.toml
index 99e4c16..da52459 100644
--- a/serio/Cargo.toml
+++ b/serio/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ keywords = ["io", "async", "futures", "serde"]
 [features]
 default = ["compat", "channel", "codec", "bincode"]
 compat = ["dep:futures-sink"]
-channel = ["dep:futures-channel"]
+channel = ["dep:futures-sink", "dep:futures-channel", "futures-channel/sink"]
 codec = ["dep:tokio-util", "dep:futures-io"]
 bincode = ["dep:bincode"]