diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index aa9db1cc..0f851dcd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -965,6 +965,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
+ "tower 0.5.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/storage/txpool/Cargo.toml b/storage/txpool/Cargo.toml
index 69411feb..f63687c2 100644
--- a/storage/txpool/Cargo.toml
+++ b/storage/txpool/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ serde                    = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 cuprate-test-utils = { workspace = true }
 
 tokio              = { workspace = true }
+tower              = { workspace = true }
 tempfile           = { workspace = true }
 hex-literal        = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/storage/txpool/src/lib.rs b/storage/txpool/src/lib.rs
index ad535b0a..dd223464 100644
--- a/storage/txpool/src/lib.rs
+++ b/storage/txpool/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ mod test {
     use hex_literal as _;
     use tempfile as _;
     use tokio as _;
+    use tower as _;
 }