diff --git a/rustler/Cargo.toml b/rustler/Cargo.toml
index 55ca9886..3eef1853 100644
--- a/rustler/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rustler/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ rustler_sys = { path = "../rustler_sys", version = "~2.4.3" }
 num-bigint = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1", optional = true }
 
+[profile.dev]
+panic = "unwind"
+
+[profile.release]
+panic = "unwind"
+
 [package.metadata.release]
 
 [[package.metadata.release.pre-release-replacements]]