diff --git a/crates/nostr-sqlite/Cargo.toml b/crates/nostr-sqlite/Cargo.toml
index c761eb90a..512d73e38 100644
--- a/crates/nostr-sqlite/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nostr-sqlite/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ nostr = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
 nostr-database = { workspace = true, features = ["flatbuf"] }
 rusqlite = { version = "0.31", features = ["bundled"] }
 thiserror.workspace = true
-tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["sync"] }
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "sync"] }
 tracing = { workspace = true, features = ["std", "attributes"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread", "time"] }
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "time"] }
 tracing-subscriber.workspace = true