diff --git a/iceoryx2-bb/container/Cargo.toml b/iceoryx2-bb/container/Cargo.toml
index 03a915943..3e75ae72d 100644
--- a/iceoryx2-bb/container/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iceoryx2-bb/container/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ version = { workspace = true }
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-iceoryx2-bb-derive-macros = { workspace = true }
-iceoryx2-bb-elementary = { workspace = true }
+iceoryx2-bb-derive-macros = { workspace = true}
+iceoryx2-bb-elementary = { workspace = true , features = ["test-utils"]}
 iceoryx2-bb-log = { workspace = true }
 iceoryx2-pal-concurrency-sync = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/iceoryx2-bb/elementary/Cargo.toml b/iceoryx2-bb/elementary/Cargo.toml
index 2ebb07476..7bd977577 100644
--- a/iceoryx2-bb/elementary/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iceoryx2-bb/elementary/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ iceoryx2-bb-testing = { workspace = true }
 
 generic-tests = { workspace = true }
 
+[features]
+test-utils = []
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/iceoryx2-bb/elementary/src/bump_allocator.rs b/iceoryx2-bb/elementary/src/bump_allocator.rs
index 9bdd0d846..fcacfb475 100644
--- a/iceoryx2-bb/elementary/src/bump_allocator.rs
+++ b/iceoryx2-bb/elementary/src/bump_allocator.rs
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
 
+
 use crate::{allocator::BaseAllocator, math::align};
 use iceoryx2_pal_concurrency_sync::iox_atomic::IoxAtomicUsize;
 use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
 
+
 /// Simple BumpAllocator for testing purposes. Do not use this in production. If you are looking
 /// for a production ready BumpAllocator use the one from iceoryx2_bb_memory::bump_allocator
 #[doc(hidden)]
diff --git a/iceoryx2-bb/elementary/src/lib.rs b/iceoryx2-bb/elementary/src/lib.rs
index 3b1bfb0df..751b94928 100644
--- a/iceoryx2-bb/elementary/src/lib.rs
+++ b/iceoryx2-bb/elementary/src/lib.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ pub mod enum_gen;
 /// A strong type that represents the alignment part of [`std::alloc::Layout`]
 pub mod alignment;
 pub mod allocator;
+
+#[cfg(any(test, feature = "test-utils"))]
 pub mod bump_allocator;
 pub mod lazy_singleton;
 pub mod math;