diff --git a/waku.nimble b/waku.nimble
index 4741772c3..24708f2fb 100644
--- a/waku.nimble
+++ b/waku.nimble
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ requires "nim >= 2.2.4",
   "json_rpc",
   "libbacktrace",
   "nimcrypto",
-  "serialization#73d6108",
+  "serialization >= 0.4.9",
   "stew",
   "stint",
   "metrics",