diff --git a/datafusion/sql/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/sql/Cargo.toml
index 21102d886f22..08ce2d923e92 100644
--- a/datafusion/sql/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/sql/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ ctor = { workspace = true }
 # please do not move these dependencies to the main dependencies section
 datafusion-functions = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 datafusion-functions-aggregate = { workspace = true }
-datafusion-functions-nested = { workspace = true }
+datafusion-functions-nested = { workspace = true, features = ["sql"] }
 datafusion-functions-window = { workspace = true }
 env_logger = { workspace = true }
 insta = { workspace = true }