diff --git a/crates/brk_rpc/Cargo.toml b/crates/brk_rpc/Cargo.toml
index 238f5f1a9..e054c05e1 100644
--- a/crates/brk_rpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/brk_rpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ repository.workspace = true
 exclude = ["examples/"]
 
 [features]
+default = ["corepc"]
 bitcoincore-rpc = ["dep:bitcoincore-rpc", "brk_error/bitcoincore-rpc"]
 corepc = ["dep:corepc-client", "dep:corepc-jsonrpc", "dep:serde_json", "dep:serde", "brk_error/corepc"]