diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aa53547505..6f5ff73588 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ redox-rt = { git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/relibc.git", default-fe
 redox-scheme = "0.9.1"
 redox_syscall = "0.7.1"
 redox_termios = "0.1.3"
+serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
+toml = "1"
 
 [workspace.lints.clippy]
 precedence = "deny"
diff --git a/drivers/acpid/Cargo.toml b/drivers/acpid/Cargo.toml
index 8073261312..159fd5dbdc 100644
--- a/drivers/acpid/Cargo.toml
+++ b/drivers/acpid/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ rustc-hash = "1.1.0"
 thiserror = "1"
 ron = "0.8.1"
 arrayvec = "0.7.6"
-serde = { version = "1.0.228", features = ["derive"] }
+serde.workspace = true
 
 amlserde = { path = "../amlserde" }
 common = { path = "../common" }
diff --git a/drivers/amlserde/Cargo.toml b/drivers/amlserde/Cargo.toml
index ecf129a38b..9abb4541e9 100644
--- a/drivers/amlserde/Cargo.toml
+++ b/drivers/amlserde/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 acpi = { git = "https://github.com/jackpot51/acpi.git" }
-serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
-toml = "1"
+serde.workspace = true
+toml.workspace = true
diff --git a/drivers/pcid-spawner/Cargo.toml b/drivers/pcid-spawner/Cargo.toml
index e650592592..ccdf4164b9 100644
--- a/drivers/pcid-spawner/Cargo.toml
+++ b/drivers/pcid-spawner/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ anyhow.workspace = true
 log.workspace = true
 pico-args = "0.5"
 redox_syscall.workspace = true
-serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
-toml = "1"
+serde.workspace = true
+toml.workspace = true
 
 config = { path = "../../config" }
 common = { path = "../common" }
diff --git a/drivers/pcid/Cargo.toml b/drivers/pcid/Cargo.toml
index f23ac78a94..ac46187be1 100644
--- a/drivers/pcid/Cargo.toml
+++ b/drivers/pcid/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pico-args = { version = "0.5", features = ["combined-flags"] }
 plain = "0.2"
 redox-scheme.workspace = true
 redox_syscall.workspace = true
-serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
+serde.workspace = true
 
 common = { path = "../common" }
 daemon = { path = "../../daemon" }
diff --git a/drivers/usb/xhcid/Cargo.toml b/drivers/usb/xhcid/Cargo.toml
index 033898b7fa..a30bb6339b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/xhcid/Cargo.toml
+++ b/drivers/usb/xhcid/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ log.workspace = true
 redox_event.workspace = true
 redox-scheme.workspace = true
 redox_syscall.workspace = true
-serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
+serde.workspace = true
 serde_json = "1"
 smallvec = { version = "1", features = ["serde"] }
 thiserror = "1"
-toml = "1"
+toml.workspace = true
 
 common = { path = "../../common" }
 daemon = { path = "../../../daemon" }
diff --git a/init/Cargo.toml b/init/Cargo.toml
index dcd57db3bd..3f63e5292f 100644
--- a/init/Cargo.toml
+++ b/init/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ license = "MIT"
 
 [dependencies]
 libredox.workspace = true
-serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
+serde.workspace = true
 serde_json = "1"
-toml = "1"
+toml.workspace = true
 
 config = { path = "../config" }
 daemon = { path = "../daemon" }