diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/utils/contract-init-template/contracts/hello_world/Cargo.toml b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/utils/contract-init-template/contracts/hello_world/Cargo.toml
index 3353ae18c8..2b49f9fa02 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/utils/contract-init-template/contracts/hello_world/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/utils/contract-init-template/contracts/hello_world/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ doctest = false
 soroban-sdk = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev_dependencies]
-soroban-sdk = { workspace = true }
+soroban-sdk = { workspace = true, features = ["testutils"] }
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