diff --git a/bin/fxt/Cargo.toml b/bin/fxt/Cargo.toml
index 857c154c2..c1b2588cd 100644
--- a/bin/fxt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/fxt/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ tonic-prost.workspace = true  # Required for Tonic 0.14 generated code
 prost.workspace = true  # Required for generated protobuf code
 
 # Core async and serialization (essential)
-tokio.workspace = true
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["io-std"] }
 tokio-stream.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true