diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e5b24a488d..860157bd26 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ members = ["crates/apollo-router", "crates/apollo-router-core", "xtask"]
 [patch.crates-io]
 opentelemetry = { git = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust.git", rev = "414b3f459" }
 opentelemetry-otlp = { git = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust.git", rev = "414b3f459" }
+
+[profile.release]
+debug = true