diff --git a/hil-test/Cargo.toml b/hil-test/Cargo.toml
index 3e7ca43776..3cd092d043 100644
--- a/hil-test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hil-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ esp-build    = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../esp-build" }
 esp-metadata = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../esp-metadata" }
 
 [features]
-default = ["embassy"]
+default = ["embassy", "defmt"]
 
 defmt = ["dep:defmt-rtt"]