diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index b3185ae..27f9051 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@
            ;; graal:native-test - natively compile src and tests and run
 
            :graal {:override-deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.11.1"}}
-                   :extra-deps {com.github.clj-easy/graal-build-time {:mvn/version "0.1.4"}}}
+                   :extra-deps {com.github.clj-easy/graal-build-time {:mvn/version "1.0.5"}}}
+
 
            :sci-test {:extra-paths ["target/generated/sci-test/src"]
                       :extra-deps {lread/sci-test_{:git/url "https://github.com/lread/sci-test.git"
diff --git a/script/helper/graal.clj b/script/helper/graal.clj
index 042524c..e9b066c 100644
--- a/script/helper/graal.clj
+++ b/script/helper/graal.clj
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
   (let [native-image-cmd (->> [graal-native-image
                                (str "-H:Path=" target-path)
                                (str "-H:Name=" target-exe)
+                               "--features=clj_easy.graal_build_time.InitClojureClasses"
                                "-H:+ReportExceptionStackTraces"
                                "-J-Dclojure.spec.skip-macros=true"
                                "-J-Dclojure.compiler.direct-linking=true"