diff --git a/watchtower/Cargo.toml b/watchtower/Cargo.toml
index d414a7a7b..f7da7df56 100644
--- a/watchtower/Cargo.toml
+++ b/watchtower/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ homepage = "https://solana.com/"
 [dependencies]
 clap = "2.33.0"
 log = "0.4.8"
-reqwest = { version = "0.10.1", default-features = false, features = ["blocking", "rustls-tls"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.10.1", default-features = false, features = ["blocking", "rustls-tls", "json"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 solana-clap-utils = { path = "../clap-utils", version = "1.1.0" }
 solana-client = { path = "../client", version = "1.1.0" }