diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index 7f786cfaff..8ab5d9e48e 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0.95"
 # hex encoded metadata to bytes
 hex = "0.4.3"
 # actual metadata types
-frame-metadata = { version = "15.1.0", features = ["v14", "std"] }
+frame-metadata = { version = "15.1.0", features = ["v14", "v15-unstable", "std"] }
 # decode bytes into the metadata types
 scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.0.0", default-features = false }
 # generate the item mod for codegen
diff --git a/codegen/Cargo.toml b/codegen/Cargo.toml
index af42bba052..cf5f4991d4 100644
--- a/codegen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codegen/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ description = "Generate an API for interacting with a substrate node from FRAME
 [dependencies]
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "full"] }
 darling = "0.14.4"
-frame-metadata = "15.1.0"
+frame-metadata = { version = "15.1.0", features = ["v14", "v15-unstable", "std"] }
 heck = "0.4.1"
 proc-macro2 = "1.0.55"
 quote = "1.0.8"
diff --git a/metadata/Cargo.toml b/metadata/Cargo.toml
index 42ae5b2f60..a51d718d91 100644
--- a/metadata/Cargo.toml
+++ b/metadata/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ description = "Command line utilities for checking metadata compatibility betwee
 
 [dependencies]
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "full"] }
-frame-metadata = "15.1.0"
+frame-metadata = { version = "15.1.0", features = ["v14", "v15-unstable", "std"] }
 scale-info = "2.5.0"
 sp-core-hashing = "7.0.0"
 
diff --git a/subxt/Cargo.toml b/subxt/Cargo.toml
index b7ed700d26..07d3e2c814 100644
--- a/subxt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/subxt/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ serde_json = { version = "1.0.95", features = ["raw_value"] }
 thiserror = "1.0.40"
 tracing = "0.1.34"
 parking_lot = "0.12.0"
-frame-metadata = "15.1.0"
+frame-metadata = { version = "15.1.0", features = ["v14", "v15-unstable", "std"] }
 derivative = "2.2.0"
 either = "1.8.1"
 
diff --git a/testing/integration-tests/Cargo.toml b/testing/integration-tests/Cargo.toml
index 2edd905ef8..c70b76bbef 100644
--- a/testing/integration-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/testing/integration-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ default = ["subxt/integration-tests"]
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_matches = "1.5.0"
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "full", "bit-vec"] }
-frame-metadata = "15.1.0"
+frame-metadata = { version = "15.1.0", features = ["v14", "v15-unstable", "std"] }
 futures = "0.3.27"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 regex = "1.7.3"
diff --git a/testing/ui-tests/Cargo.toml b/testing/ui-tests/Cargo.toml
index 4ad293bb66..ce614e208b 100644
--- a/testing/ui-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/testing/ui-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ publish = false
 [dev-dependencies]
 trybuild = "1.0.79"
 scale-info = { version = "2.5.0", features = ["bit-vec"] }
-frame-metadata = "15.1.0"
+frame-metadata = { version = "15.1.0", features = ["v14", "v15-unstable", "std"] }
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "full", "bit-vec"] }
 subxt = { path = "../../subxt" }
 subxt-metadata = { path = "../../metadata" }