diff --git a/libp2p/Cargo.toml b/libp2p/Cargo.toml
index 6b11d7de..090725c8 100644
--- a/libp2p/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libp2p/Cargo.toml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ libp2p-dcutr = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 libp2p-floodsub = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 libp2p-gossipsub = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 libp2p-identify = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-libp2p-identity = { workspace = true }
+libp2p-identity = { workspace = true, features = ["rand"] }
 libp2p-kad = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 libp2p-metrics = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 libp2p-noise = { workspace = true, optional = true }