diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3e1f6a3c7..f3c649f4a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -192,10 +192,10 @@ quote = "1.0.35"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 rand0-7 = { package = "rand", version = "0.7" }
 reqwest = { version = "0.11.27", default-features = false }
-serde = "1.0.217" # must match the serde_derive version, see https://github.com/serde-rs/serde/issues/2584#issuecomment-1685252251
+serde = "=1.0.217" # must match the serde_derive version, see https://github.com/serde-rs/serde/issues/2584#issuecomment-1685252251
 serde-big-array = "0.5.1"
 serde_bytes = "0.11.15"
-serde_derive = "1.0.217" # must match the serde version, see https://github.com/serde-rs/serde/issues/2584#issuecomment-1685252251
+serde_derive = "=1.0.217" # must match the serde version, see https://github.com/serde-rs/serde/issues/2584#issuecomment-1685252251
 serde_json = "1.0.139"
 serde_with = { version = "3.12.0", default-features = false }
 serial_test = "2.0.0"