diff --git a/.config/zepter.yaml b/.config/zepter.yaml
index 22b0bf609e6c..7dde825e61ee 100644
--- a/.config/zepter.yaml
+++ b/.config/zepter.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ workflows:
         # Ignore the case that `A` it outside of the workspace. Otherwise it will report errors in external dependencies that we have no influence on.
 
         "--left-side-outside-workspace=ignore",
-        # Auxillary flags:
+        # Auxilary flags:
         "--offline",
         "--locked",
         "--show-path",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 383f3aa912cd..47301f7cc75c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ fdlimit = "0.3.0"
 generic-array = "0.14"
 humantime = "2.1"
 humantime-serde = "1.1"
-itertools = "0.13"
+itertools = { version = "0.13", default-features = false }
 linked_hash_set = "0.1"
 modular-bitfield = "0.11.2"
 notify = { version = "6.1.1", default-features = false, features = [
diff --git a/crates/exex/exex/Cargo.toml b/crates/exex/exex/Cargo.toml
index b70fb921599e..ce00c75e183b 100644
--- a/crates/exex/exex/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/exex/exex/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ tokio.workspace = true
 
 ## misc
 eyre.workspace = true
-itertools.workspace = true
+itertools = { workspace = true, features = ["use_std"] }
 metrics.workspace = true
 parking_lot.workspace = true
 rmp-serde = "1.3"
diff --git a/crates/trie/common/Cargo.toml b/crates/trie/common/Cargo.toml
index 4486573b0e7c..a48410ffc7c3 100644
--- a/crates/trie/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/trie/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ alloy-serde = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 bytes = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 derive_more.workspace = true
-itertools.workspace = true
+itertools= { workspace = true, features = ["use_alloc"] }
 nybbles = { workspace = true, features = ["rlp"] }
 
 # `serde` feature