diff --git a/bitcoin/Cargo.toml b/bitcoin/Cargo.toml
index 06f14b2115..9a844bc1f8 100644
--- a/bitcoin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bitcoin/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ bitcoin-internals = { path = "../internals", package = "bitcoin-private", versio
 bech32 = { version = "0.9.0", default-features = false }
 bitcoin_hashes = { version = "0.12.0", default-features = false }
 secp256k1 = { version = "0.27.0", default-features = false, features = ["bitcoin_hashes"] }
+hex = { package = "hex-conservative", version = "0.2.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 hex_lit = "0.1.1"
 
 base64 = { version = "0.13.0", optional = true }
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/lib.rs b/bitcoin/src/lib.rs
index 216366f545..18806f94e3 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/lib.rs
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ pub extern crate bitcoin_hashes as hashes;
 #[cfg(feature = "bitcoinconsensus")]
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "bitcoinconsensus")))]
 pub extern crate bitcoinconsensus;
+pub extern crate hex;
 pub extern crate secp256k1;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]