diff --git a/crates/router/Cargo.toml b/crates/router/Cargo.toml
index bc11d921ff..a1ddc37bbf 100644
--- a/crates/router/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/router/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ email = ["external_services/email", "dep:aws-config", "olap"]
 frm = []
 basilisk = ["kms"]
 stripe = ["dep:serde_qs"]
-release = ["kms", "stripe", "basilisk", "s3", "email", "business_profile_routing", "accounts_cache", "kv_store", "connector_choice_mca_id", "profile_specific_fallback_routing"]
+release = ["kms", "stripe", "basilisk", "s3", "email", "backwards_compatibility", "business_profile_routing", "accounts_cache", "kv_store", "connector_choice_mca_id", "profile_specific_fallback_routing"]
 olap = ["data_models/olap", "storage_impl/olap", "scheduler/olap", "dep:analytics"]
 oltp = ["storage_impl/oltp"]
 kv_store = ["scheduler/kv_store"]