diff --git a/crates/config/Cargo.toml b/crates/config/Cargo.toml
index a186b8407..0232aecc6 100644
--- a/crates/config/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/config/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ workspace = true
 # reth
 reth-network-types = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 reth-prune-types.workspace = true
-reth-stages-types.workspace = true
+reth-stages-types = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 
 # serde
 serde.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/stages/types/Cargo.toml b/crates/stages/types/Cargo.toml
index 8e880dfc7..5a1cd489d 100644
--- a/crates/stages/types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/stages/types/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ reth-codecs = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 reth-trie-common.workspace = true
 alloy-primitives.workspace = true
 
-serde.workspace = true
+serde = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 arbitrary = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 
 bytes = { workspace = true, optional = true }
@@ -50,3 +50,11 @@ arbitrary = [
     "reth-codecs?/arbitrary",
     "reth-trie-common/arbitrary",
 ]
+serde = [
+    "dep:serde",
+    "alloy-primitives/serde",
+    "bytes?/serde",
+    "rand/serde",
+    "reth-codecs?/serde",
+    "reth-trie-common/serde",
+]
diff --git a/crates/stages/types/src/checkpoints.rs b/crates/stages/types/src/checkpoints.rs
index 160c901e1..bd03a5ba6 100644
--- a/crates/stages/types/src/checkpoints.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/types/src/checkpoints.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use alloy_primitives::{Address, BlockNumber, B256};
 use core::ops::RangeInclusive;
 use reth_trie_common::{hash_builder::HashBuilderState, StoredSubNode};
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 /// Saves the progress of Merkle stage.
 #[derive(Default, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -75,10 +74,11 @@ impl reth_codecs::Compact for MerkleCheckpoint {
 }
 
 /// Saves the progress of AccountHashing stage.
-#[derive(Default, Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Default, Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "test-utils"), derive(arbitrary::Arbitrary))]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "reth-codec"), derive(reth_codecs::Compact))]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "reth-codec"), reth_codecs::add_arbitrary_tests(compact))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 pub struct AccountHashingCheckpoint {
     /// The next account to start hashing from.
     pub address: Option<Address>,
@@ -89,10 +89,11 @@ pub struct AccountHashingCheckpoint {
 }
 
 /// Saves the progress of StorageHashing stage.
-#[derive(Default, Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Default, Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "test-utils"), derive(arbitrary::Arbitrary))]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "reth-codec"), derive(reth_codecs::Compact))]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "reth-codec"), reth_codecs::add_arbitrary_tests(compact))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 pub struct StorageHashingCheckpoint {
     /// The next account to start hashing from.
     pub address: Option<Address>,
@@ -105,10 +106,11 @@ pub struct StorageHashingCheckpoint {
 }
 
 /// Saves the progress of Execution stage.
-#[derive(Default, Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Default, Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "test-utils"), derive(arbitrary::Arbitrary))]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "reth-codec"), derive(reth_codecs::Compact))]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "reth-codec"), reth_codecs::add_arbitrary_tests(compact))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 pub struct ExecutionCheckpoint {
     /// Block range which this checkpoint is valid for.
     pub block_range: CheckpointBlockRange,
@@ -117,10 +119,11 @@ pub struct ExecutionCheckpoint {
 }
 
 /// Saves the progress of Headers stage.
-#[derive(Default, Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Default, Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "test-utils"), derive(arbitrary::Arbitrary))]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "reth-codec"), derive(reth_codecs::Compact))]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "reth-codec"), reth_codecs::add_arbitrary_tests(compact))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 pub struct HeadersCheckpoint {
     /// Block range which this checkpoint is valid for.
     pub block_range: CheckpointBlockRange,
@@ -129,10 +132,11 @@ pub struct HeadersCheckpoint {
 }
 
 /// Saves the progress of Index History stages.
-#[derive(Default, Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Default, Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "test-utils"), derive(arbitrary::Arbitrary))]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "reth-codec"), derive(reth_codecs::Compact))]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "reth-codec"), reth_codecs::add_arbitrary_tests(compact))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 pub struct IndexHistoryCheckpoint {
     /// Block range which this checkpoint is valid for.
     pub block_range: CheckpointBlockRange,
@@ -141,10 +145,11 @@ pub struct IndexHistoryCheckpoint {
 }
 
 /// Saves the progress of abstract stage iterating over or downloading entities.
-#[derive(Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy)]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "test-utils"), derive(arbitrary::Arbitrary))]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "reth-codec"), derive(reth_codecs::Compact))]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "reth-codec"), reth_codecs::add_arbitrary_tests(compact))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 pub struct EntitiesCheckpoint {
     /// Number of entities already processed.
     pub processed: u64,
@@ -171,10 +176,11 @@ impl EntitiesCheckpoint {
 
 /// Saves the block range. Usually, it's used to check the validity of some stage checkpoint across
 /// multiple executions.
-#[derive(Default, Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Default, Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "test-utils"), derive(arbitrary::Arbitrary))]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "reth-codec"), derive(reth_codecs::Compact))]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "reth-codec"), reth_codecs::add_arbitrary_tests(compact))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 pub struct CheckpointBlockRange {
     /// The first block of the range, inclusive.
     pub from: BlockNumber,
@@ -195,10 +201,11 @@ impl From<&RangeInclusive<BlockNumber>> for CheckpointBlockRange {
 }
 
 /// Saves the progress of a stage.
-#[derive(Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy)]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "test-utils"), derive(arbitrary::Arbitrary))]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "reth-codec"), derive(reth_codecs::Compact))]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "reth-codec"), reth_codecs::add_arbitrary_tests(compact))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 pub struct StageCheckpoint {
     /// The maximum block processed by the stage.
     pub block_number: BlockNumber,
@@ -263,10 +270,11 @@ impl StageCheckpoint {
 // TODO(alexey): add a merkle checkpoint. Currently it's hard because [`MerkleCheckpoint`]
 //  is not a Copy type.
 /// Stage-specific checkpoint metrics.
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy)]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "test-utils"), derive(arbitrary::Arbitrary))]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "reth-codec"), derive(reth_codecs::Compact))]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "reth-codec"), reth_codecs::add_arbitrary_tests(compact))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 pub enum StageUnitCheckpoint {
     /// Saves the progress of AccountHashing stage.
     Account(AccountHashingCheckpoint),
diff --git a/crates/storage/db-api/Cargo.toml b/crates/storage/db-api/Cargo.toml
index 4e777d310..94248c838 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/storage/db-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ reth-db-models.workspace = true
 reth-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["reth-codec"] }
 reth-primitives-traits = { workspace = true, features = ["serde", "reth-codec"] }
 reth-prune-types.workspace = true
-reth-stages-types = { workspace = true, features = ["reth-codec"] }
+reth-stages-types = { workspace = true, features = ["serde", "reth-codec"] }
 reth-storage-errors.workspace = true
 reth-trie-common.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/Cargo.toml b/crates/storage/provider/Cargo.toml
index 21e712c33..2e2113671 100644
--- a/crates/storage/provider/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/storage/provider/Cargo.toml
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ serde = [
     "reth-execution-types/serde",
     "reth-trie-db/serde",
     "reth-trie/serde",
+    "reth-stages-types/serde",
 ]
 test-utils = [
     "reth-db/test-utils",
diff --git a/crates/trie/trie/Cargo.toml b/crates/trie/trie/Cargo.toml
index bc55ddcbe..71b486152 100644
--- a/crates/trie/trie/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/trie/trie/Cargo.toml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ serde = [
     "revm/serde",
     "reth-trie-common/serde",
     "reth-primitives-traits/serde",
+    "reth-stages-types/serde",
 ]
 test-utils = [
     "triehash",