diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e844b32b8..4e6e1ecc5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "chia-datalayer-fuzz"
-version = "0.0.0"
+version = "0.16.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chia-datalayer",
  "libfuzzer-sys",
diff --git a/crates/chia-datalayer/src/merkle.rs b/crates/chia-datalayer/src/merkle.rs
index 32a7beb1e..086c095ad 100644
--- a/crates/chia-datalayer/src/merkle.rs
+++ b/crates/chia-datalayer/src/merkle.rs
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ pub struct MerkleBlob {
     free_indexes: HashSet<TreeIndex>,
     key_to_index: HashMap<KvId, TreeIndex>,
     // TODO: used by fuzzing, some cleaner way?
+    #[cfg(any(test, debug_assertions))]
     pub check_integrity_on_drop: bool,
 }
 
@@ -420,6 +421,7 @@ impl MerkleBlob {
             blob,
             free_indexes,
             key_to_index,
+            #[cfg(any(test, debug_assertions))]
             check_integrity_on_drop: true,
         };