diff --git a/kernel/Cargo.toml b/kernel/Cargo.toml
index 5ca0643a0..b6c6afbb0 100644
--- a/kernel/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kernel/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pre-release-hook = [
 
 [dependencies]
 bytes = "1.7"
-chrono = { version = "=0.4.39" }
+chrono = "=0.4.39"
 fix-hidden-lifetime-bug = "0.2"
 indexmap = "2.5.0"
 itertools = "0.13"