diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 751750cdcf8..f60afc3757a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7248,6 +7248,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "borsh 1.5.1",
  "bytemuck",
+ "bytemuck_derive",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "solana-program",
diff --git a/libraries/pod/Cargo.toml b/libraries/pod/Cargo.toml
index 8f6a7613744..9f5057af3c5 100644
--- a/libraries/pod/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libraries/pod/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ borsh = ["dep:borsh"]
 base64 = { version = "0.22.1", optional = true }
 borsh = { version = "1.5.1", optional = true }
 bytemuck = { version = "1.16.1" }
+bytemuck_derive = { version = "1.7.0" }
 serde = { version = "1.0.203", optional = true }
 solana-program = "2.0.0"
 solana-zk-token-sdk = "2.0.0"
diff --git a/libraries/pod/src/optional_keys.rs b/libraries/pod/src/optional_keys.rs
index 6530fb251da..ad71b1bcc4d 100644
--- a/libraries/pod/src/optional_keys.rs
+++ b/libraries/pod/src/optional_keys.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use {
     std::{convert::TryFrom, fmt, str::FromStr},
 };
 use {
-    bytemuck::{Pod, Zeroable},
+    bytemuck_derive::{Pod, Zeroable},
     solana_program::{program_error::ProgramError, program_option::COption, pubkey::Pubkey},
     solana_zk_token_sdk::zk_token_elgamal::pod::ElGamalPubkey,
 };
diff --git a/libraries/pod/src/primitives.rs b/libraries/pod/src/primitives.rs
index bf3e455785f..07eb232bfa1 100644
--- a/libraries/pod/src/primitives.rs
+++ b/libraries/pod/src/primitives.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! primitive types that can be used in `Pod`s
 #[cfg(feature = "borsh")]
 use borsh::{BorshDeserialize, BorshSchema, BorshSerialize};
-use bytemuck::{Pod, Zeroable};
+use bytemuck_derive::{Pod, Zeroable};
 #[cfg(feature = "serde-traits")]
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
diff --git a/libraries/pod/src/slice.rs b/libraries/pod/src/slice.rs
index ac912dc3005..4b4ea2b116f 100644
--- a/libraries/pod/src/slice.rs
+++ b/libraries/pod/src/slice.rs
@@ -129,7 +129,11 @@ fn max_len_for_type<T>(data_len: usize) -> Result<usize, ProgramError> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use {super::*, crate::bytemuck::pod_slice_to_bytes, bytemuck::Zeroable};
+    use {
+        super::*,
+        crate::bytemuck::pod_slice_to_bytes,
+        bytemuck_derive::{Pod, Zeroable},
+    };
 
     #[repr(C)]
     #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Pod, Zeroable)]