diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6935d13..80325dd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,5 +5,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+
+### Changed
+- Disabled default features on `reqwest`
+
 ### Added
 - New methods on `ClientWithExtensions` and `RequestBuilder` for sending requests with initial extensions.
diff --git a/reqwest-middleware/Cargo.toml b/reqwest-middleware/Cargo.toml
index 3c3f369..4337c7b 100644
--- a/reqwest-middleware/Cargo.toml
+++ b/reqwest-middleware/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ anyhow = "1"
 async-trait = "0.1.51"
 futures = "0.3"
 http = "0.2"
-reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["json", "multipart"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.11", default-features = false, features = ["json", "multipart"] }
 serde = "1"
 thiserror = "1"
 truelayer-extensions = "0.1"
diff --git a/reqwest-retry/CHANGELOG.md b/reqwest-retry/CHANGELOG.md
index a9ec0cc..cb5548b 100644
--- a/reqwest-retry/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/reqwest-retry/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+- Disabled default features on `reqwest`
+
 ## [0.1.1] - 2021-09-15
 ### Changed
 - Updated `reqwest-middleware` dependency to `0.1.1`.
diff --git a/reqwest-retry/Cargo.toml b/reqwest-retry/Cargo.toml
index fc8556c..2395d7d 100644
--- a/reqwest-retry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/reqwest-retry/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ chrono = "0.4"
 futures = "0.3"
 http = "0.2"
 retry-policies = "0.1"
-reqwest = "0.11"
+reqwest = { version = "0.11", default-features = false }
 tokio = { version = "1.6", features = ["time"] }
 tracing = "0.1.26"
 truelayer-extensions = "0.1"
diff --git a/reqwest-tracing/CHANGELOG.md b/reqwest-tracing/CHANGELOG.md
index edc8579..bb4cd84 100644
--- a/reqwest-tracing/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/reqwest-tracing/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+- Disabled default features on `reqwest`
+
 ## [0.1.2] - 2021-09-15
 ### Changed
 - Updated `reqwest-middleware` dependency to `0.1.1`.
diff --git a/reqwest-tracing/Cargo.toml b/reqwest-tracing/Cargo.toml
index 0d5da26..aef5145 100644
--- a/reqwest-tracing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/reqwest-tracing/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ opentelemetry_0_16 = ["opentelemetry_0_16_pkg", "tracing-opentelemetry_0_15_pkg"
 reqwest-middleware = { version = "0.1.1", path = "../reqwest-middleware" }
 
 async-trait = "0.1.51"
-reqwest = "0.11"
+reqwest = { version = "0.11", default-features = false }
 tokio = { version = "1.6", features = ["time"] }
 tracing = "0.1.26"
 truelayer-extensions = "0.1"