diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 24deeab..4f5824d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
  "rustc-hash",
  "serde",
+ "serde_core",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_test",
  "utoipa",
@@ -291,18 +292,28 @@ checksum = "28d3b2b1366ec20994f1fd18c3c594f05c5dd4bc44d8bb0c1c632c8d6829481f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.219"
+version = "1.0.221"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5f0e2c6ed6606019b4e29e69dbaba95b11854410e5347d525002456dbbb786b6"
+checksum = "341877e04a22458705eb4e131a1508483c877dca2792b3781d4e5d8a6019ec43"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_core",
+ "serde_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_core"
+version = "1.0.221"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0c459bc0a14c840cb403fc14b148620de1e0778c96ecd6e0c8c3cacb6d8d00fe"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.219"
+version = "1.0.221"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5b0276cf7f2c73365f7157c8123c21cd9a50fbbd844757af28ca1f5925fc2a00"
+checksum = "d6185cf75117e20e62b1ff867b9518577271e58abe0037c40bb4794969355ab0"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -311,14 +322,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.143"
+version = "1.0.144"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d401abef1d108fbd9cbaebc3e46611f4b1021f714a0597a71f41ee463f5f4a5a"
+checksum = "56177480b00303e689183f110b4e727bb4211d692c62d4fcd16d02be93077d40"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "memchr",
  "ryu",
- "serde",
+ "serde_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/benzina/Cargo.toml b/benzina/Cargo.toml
index 90c300f..0667a0d 100644
--- a/benzina/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benzina/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
 
 [dependencies]
 diesel = { version = "2.2", default-features = false, optional = true }
-serde = { version = "1", optional = true }
-serde_json = { version = "1", optional = true }
+serde_core = { version = "1.0.221", optional = true }
+serde_json = { version = "1.0.144", optional = true }
 utoipa = { version = "5", optional = true }
 benzina-derive = { path = "../benzina-derive", version = "=0.4.0", optional = true }
 uuid = { version = ">=0.7.0, <2.0.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ indexmap = { version = "2.10", optional = true }
 rustc-hash = { version = "2.1.1", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+serde = "1.0.221"
 serde_test = "1"
 uuid = { version = ">=0.7.0, <2.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["v4"] }
 
@@ -44,13 +45,13 @@ postgres = ["benzina-derive?/postgres", "dep:diesel", "diesel/postgres_backend"]
 typed-uuid = ["postgres", "diesel/uuid", "dep:uuid"]
 mysql = ["benzina-derive?/mysql"]
 
-serde = ["dep:serde", "uuid?/serde"]
+serde = ["dep:serde_core", "uuid?/serde"]
 utoipa = ["dep:utoipa"]
 
 example-generated = ["typed-uuid"]
 dangerous-construction = ["typed-uuid"]
 
-json = ["postgres", "dep:serde", "dep:serde_json", "diesel/serde_json"]
+json = ["postgres", "dep:serde_core", "dep:serde_json", "diesel/serde_json"]
 ctid = ["postgres", "diesel/i-implement-a-third-party-backend-and-opt-into-breaking-changes"]
 
 [lints]
diff --git a/benzina/src/__private.rs b/benzina/src/__private.rs
index 908cbd8..e53890e 100644
--- a/benzina/src/__private.rs
+++ b/benzina/src/__private.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pub use ::diesel;
 #[cfg(feature = "derive")]
 pub use ::indexmap;
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
-pub use ::serde;
+pub use ::serde_core;
 pub use ::std;
 #[cfg(feature = "typed-uuid")]
 pub use ::uuid;
diff --git a/benzina/src/json/binary.rs b/benzina/src/json/binary.rs
index 15a3724..8e73505 100644
--- a/benzina/src/json/binary.rs
+++ b/benzina/src/json/binary.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use diesel::{
     serialize::ToSql,
     sql_types,
 };
-use serde::{Serialize, de::DeserializeOwned};
+use serde_core::{Serialize, de::DeserializeOwned};
 
 use crate::json::convert::{sql_deserialize_binary, sql_serialize_binary};
 
diff --git a/benzina/src/json/convert.rs b/benzina/src/json/convert.rs
index 3c0b166..8a4ff22 100644
--- a/benzina/src/json/convert.rs
+++ b/benzina/src/json/convert.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use diesel::{
     pg::{Pg, PgValue},
     serialize::IsNull,
 };
-use serde::{Serialize, de::DeserializeOwned};
+use serde_core::{Serialize, de::DeserializeOwned};
 
 /// Allows using [`deserialize_as`] for benzina [`Json`] and [`Jsonb`] structs.
 ///
diff --git a/benzina/src/json/mod.rs b/benzina/src/json/mod.rs
index 38e441e..7279d48 100644
--- a/benzina/src/json/mod.rs
+++ b/benzina/src/json/mod.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use diesel::{
     serialize::ToSql,
     sql_types,
 };
-use serde::{Serialize, de::DeserializeOwned};
+use serde_core::{Serialize, de::DeserializeOwned};
 
 use crate::json::convert::{sql_deserialize, sql_serialize};
 
diff --git a/benzina/src/json/nullable.rs b/benzina/src/json/nullable.rs
index 07f8606..1a26ef2 100644
--- a/benzina/src/json/nullable.rs
+++ b/benzina/src/json/nullable.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use diesel::{
     serialize::{IsNull, ToSql},
     sql_types::Nullable,
 };
-use serde::{Serialize, de::DeserializeOwned};
+use serde_core::{Serialize, de::DeserializeOwned};
 
 macro_rules! impl_nullable {
     (
diff --git a/benzina/src/serde.rs b/benzina/src/serde.rs
index bd5a6ee..00ab650 100644
--- a/benzina/src/serde.rs
+++ b/benzina/src/serde.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::fmt;
 
-use serde::{
+use serde_core::{
     Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer,
     de::{self, Unexpected, Visitor},
 };
diff --git a/benzina/src/typed_uuid.rs b/benzina/src/typed_uuid.rs
index 4f0db55..3418e0a 100644
--- a/benzina/src/typed_uuid.rs
+++ b/benzina/src/typed_uuid.rs
@@ -398,15 +398,15 @@ macro_rules! __typed_uuid__impl_dangerous_construction {
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 macro_rules! __typed_uuid__impl_serde {
     ($name:ident) => {
-        impl $crate::__private::serde::Serialize for $name {
+        impl $crate::__private::serde_core::Serialize for $name {
             fn serialize<S>(
                 &self,
                 serializer: S,
             ) -> $crate::__private::std::result::Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
             where
-                S: $crate::__private::serde::Serializer,
+                S: $crate::__private::serde_core::Serializer,
             {
-                $crate::__private::serde::Serialize::serialize(&self.0, serializer)
+                $crate::__private::serde_core::Serialize::serialize(&self.0, serializer)
             }
         }
     };