diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 23e5c0928..3ff0b62b0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4606,8 +4606,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "smoldot"
 version = "3.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a5f01fb8767c90d0c3caf49087b31cd73405929a2df43f8ab6897106769d999a"
+source = "git+https://github.com/paritytech/smoldot?branch=main#48b8a9b2fcb31dcdd2a1fa9fae6b1960a6bfd04d"
 dependencies = [
  "ark-bls12-381 0.6.0",
  "ark-ec 0.6.0",
@@ -4703,8 +4702,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "smoldot-light"
 version = "2.0.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "de50f44bdc83371304c89ba60e286f97bb16ae43b9e8bf621160ebdfe52d833f"
+source = "git+https://github.com/paritytech/smoldot?branch=main#48b8a9b2fcb31dcdd2a1fa9fae6b1960a6bfd04d"
 dependencies = [
  "async-channel",
  "async-lock",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4a28e8a4d..f03eac62b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,3 +38,9 @@ codegen-units = 16
 # Most core edits touch one crate, so reusing the previous compilation is the
 # largest remaining win on this path.
 incremental = true
+
+# `lifecycle_unstable_follow` is on smoldot's main branch and in no published
+# release yet, so the light client comes from git until one ships it.
+[patch.crates-io]
+smoldot = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/smoldot", branch = "main" }
+smoldot-light = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/smoldot", branch = "main" }