diff --git a/iroh-blobs/Cargo.toml b/iroh-blobs/Cargo.toml
index ff79c9892f..95cca51f58 100644
--- a/iroh-blobs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh-blobs/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = { version = "1" }
-bao-tree = {  version = "0.13", features = ["tokio_fsm"], default-features = false }
+bao-tree = {  version = "0.13", features = ["tokio_fsm", "validate"], default-features = false }
 bytes = { version = "1.4", features = ["serde"] }
 chrono = "0.4.31"
 derive_more = { version = "1.0.0-beta.6", features = ["debug", "display", "deref", "deref_mut", "from", "try_into", "into"] }