diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b229b76b..276791a3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "semver",
  "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "strum",
  "strum_macros",
  "url",
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-types/Cargo.toml b/crates/binstalk-types/Cargo.toml
index 8560eb7c..54e5d0ed 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/binstalk-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.163", features = ["derive"] }
 strum = "0.26.1"
 strum_macros = "0.26.1"
 url = { version = "2.3.1", features = ["serde"] }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+serde_json = "1"
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-types/src/cargo_toml_binstall.rs b/crates/binstalk-types/src/cargo_toml_binstall.rs
index 02c504f7..1684ac60 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-types/src/cargo_toml_binstall.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk-types/src/cargo_toml_binstall.rs
@@ -177,3 +177,20 @@ pub enum SigningAlgorithm {
     /// [minisign](https://jedisct1.github.io/minisign/)
     Minisign,
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use strum::VariantArray;
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_strategy_ser() {
+        Strategy::VARIANTS.iter().for_each(|strategy| {
+            assert_eq!(
+                serde_json::to_string(&strategy).unwrap(),
+                format!(r#""{}""#, strategy.to_str())
+            )
+        });
+    }
+}