diff --git a/hil-test/Cargo.toml b/hil-test/Cargo.toml
index 94db7de5d8..466be49ebf 100644
--- a/hil-test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hil-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ embedded-hal-async = "1.0.0"
 embedded-hal-nb    = { version = "1.0.0", optional = true }
 esp-alloc          = { path = "../esp-alloc", optional = true }
 esp-backtrace      = { path = "../esp-backtrace", default-features = false, features = ["exception-handler", "defmt", "semihosting"] }
-esp-hal            = { path = "../esp-hal", features = ["defmt", "digest"], optional = true }
+esp-hal            = { path = "../esp-hal", features = ["digest"], optional = true }
 esp-hal-embassy    = { path = "../esp-hal-embassy", optional = true }
 portable-atomic    = "1.7.0"
 static_cell        = { version = "2.1.0", features = ["nightly"] }
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ esp-metadata = { path = "../esp-metadata" }
 [features]
 default = ["embassy"]
 
-defmt = ["dep:defmt-rtt", "embedded-test/defmt"]
+defmt = ["dep:defmt-rtt", "esp-hal/defmt", "embedded-test/defmt"]
 
 # Device support (required!):
 esp32 = [