diff --git a/embassy-boot/boot/Cargo.toml b/embassy-boot/boot/Cargo.toml
index f641d5e1c..956b0f987 100644
--- a/embassy-boot/boot/Cargo.toml
+++ b/embassy-boot/boot/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ default_features = false
 features = ["rand", "std", "u32_backend"]
 
 [features]
+default = ["nightly"]
 ed25519-dalek = ["dep:ed25519-dalek", "_verify"]
 ed25519-salty = ["dep:salty", "_verify"]
 
diff --git a/embassy-boot/nrf/Cargo.toml b/embassy-boot/nrf/Cargo.toml
index e46736889..05ab87896 100644
--- a/embassy-boot/nrf/Cargo.toml
+++ b/embassy-boot/nrf/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ cfg-if = "1.0.0"
 nrf-softdevice-mbr = { version = "0.1.0", git = "https://github.com/embassy-rs/nrf-softdevice.git", branch = "master", optional = true }
 
 [features]
+default = ["nightly"]
 defmt = [
     "dep:defmt",
     "embassy-boot/defmt",