You can, here's a secret, you can hold down the "up" while jumping (Up on gamepad, up on joystick, up on arrow key, I, or W) and you should be able to make that jump. See if that works.
However, I'm glad you pointed this out. If I were to update the game post jam, I'm not sure if I will keep the jumping this way, but if I did, I might consider to spell this out explicitly on the itch.io page.
I have played your game and may be rating and commenting on it soon.