diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7aca827..4f140cc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ cortex-m-semihosting = "0.2.0"
 features = ["abort-on-panic"]
 version = "0.3.12"
 
+# disable both incremental compilation and parallel codegen to reduce the chances of running into
+# rust-lang/rust#47074
+[profile.dev]
+codegen-units = 1
+incremental = false
+
 [profile.release]
 debug = true
 lto = true