diff --git a/embassy/Cargo.toml b/embassy/Cargo.toml
index 39ad64a0d..2f3ee453c 100644
--- a/embassy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/embassy/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@ embassy-macros  = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../embassy-macros"}
 embassy-traits  = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../embassy-traits"}
 atomic-polyfill  = { version = "0.1.1" }
 
+# Workaround https://github.com/japaric/cast.rs/pull/27
+cast = { version = "=0.2.3", default-features = false }