diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 9982e8c120..9a67155d8f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   publish-crypto:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [publish-encoding]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
 
   publish-encoding:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [publish-crypto, publish-derive]
+    needs: [publish-derive]
     if: always()
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/tezos-encoding/Cargo.toml b/tezos-encoding/Cargo.toml
index 446528eab4..c63b4d7f65 100644
--- a/tezos-encoding/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tezos-encoding/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/trilitech/tezedge.git"
 bit-vec = "0.6.2"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 hex = "0.4"
-num-bigint = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
+num-bigint = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["serde"] }
 num-traits = "0.2.8"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 nom.workspace = true