diff --git a/sentry-core/Cargo.toml b/sentry-core/Cargo.toml
index 604e0679e..dfb271ee2 100644
--- a/sentry-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sentry-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ test = ["client"]
 [dependencies]
 sentry-types = { version = "0.23.0", path = "../sentry-types" }
 serde = { version = "1.0.104", features = ["derive"] }
-chrono = "0.4.13"
+chrono = { version = "0.4.13", default-features = false }
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 rand = { version = "0.8.1", optional = true }
 serde_json = "1.0.46"