diff --git a/apis/python/node/Cargo.toml b/apis/python/node/Cargo.toml
index 124615c6..99d6bb04 100644
--- a/apis/python/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apis/python/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 
 [dependencies]
 dora-node-api = { path = "../../rust/node" }
-pyo3 = { version = "0.16", features = ["eyre"] }
+pyo3 = { version = "0.16", features = ["eyre", "abi3-py38"] }
 eyre = "0.6"
 futures = "0.3.21"
 tokio = { version = "1.17.0", features = ["rt", "sync", "macros"] }