diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b8fa4f041..d619fa3b1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## [0.11.12]
+- Lens now extends Serializable.
+
 ## [0.11.11]
 - Add StubFactory for grpc clients (#1351)
 - Support transformation on repeated option scalar (#1355)
diff --git a/lenses/src/main/scala/scalapb/lenses/Lenses.scala b/lenses/src/main/scala/scalapb/lenses/Lenses.scala
index 879694380..f042b7cdc 100644
--- a/lenses/src/main/scala/scalapb/lenses/Lenses.scala
+++ b/lenses/src/main/scala/scalapb/lenses/Lenses.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package scalapb.lenses
 
-trait Lens[Container, A] extends Any {
+trait Lens[Container, A] extends Serializable {
   self =>
 
   /** get knows how to extract some field of type `A` from a container */