diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit.yml b/.github/workflows/unit.yml
index 4c927df8be00..f77ad899ac57 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit.yml
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         include:
           - type: ethereum
-            args: --features "asm-keccak ethereum" --locked
+            args: --features "asm-keccak ethereum rayon" --locked
             partition: 1
             total_partitions: 2
           - type: ethereum
-            args: --features "asm-keccak ethereum" --locked
+            args: --features "asm-keccak ethereum rayon" --locked
             partition: 2
             total_partitions: 2
           - type: optimism
diff --git a/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml b/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml
index 6b243ba7d256..cb59c3c51394 100644
--- a/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 # reth
-reth-primitives-traits = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
+reth-primitives-traits = { workspace = true, features = ["serde", "rayon"] }
 reth-ethereum-forks.workspace = true
 reth-static-file-types.workspace = true
 revm-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ serde-bincode-compat = [
 	"reth-primitives-traits/serde-bincode-compat",
 	"reth-trie-common/serde-bincode-compat",
 ]
-rayon = ["dep:rayon"]
+rayon = ["dep:rayon", "reth-primitives-traits/rayon"]
 
 
 [[bench]]
diff --git a/crates/primitives/src/transaction/mod.rs b/crates/primitives/src/transaction/mod.rs
index 6bcaf715b607..1225658d8d38 100644
--- a/crates/primitives/src/transaction/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/primitives/src/transaction/mod.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ use op_alloy_consensus::DepositTransaction;
 #[cfg(feature = "optimism")]
 use op_alloy_consensus::TxDeposit;
 pub use pooled::PooledTransactionsElementEcRecovered;
-use rayon::prelude::{IntoParallelIterator, ParallelIterator};
+#[cfg(feature = "rayon")]
+use rayon::iter::{IntoParallelIterator, ParallelIterator};
 pub use reth_primitives_traits::{
     transaction::error::{
         InvalidTransactionError, TransactionConversionError, TryFromRecoveredTransactionError,