diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8f745d71d..d5c8261e4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -131,3 +131,4 @@ serde_json = "1.0.120"
 
 # other crates
 thiserror = "2.0.12"
+zerocopy = { version = "0.8.24", default-features = false }
diff --git a/hypervisor/Cargo.toml b/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
index 6c18dd0b2..fed24b686 100644
--- a/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ vm-memory = { workspace = true, features = [
   "backend-mmap",
 ] }
 vmm-sys-util = { workspace = true, features = ["with-serde"] }
-zerocopy = { version = "0.8.24", features = ["derive"] }
+zerocopy = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")'.dependencies.iced-x86]
 default-features = false
diff --git a/vmm/Cargo.toml b/vmm/Cargo.toml
index a6b0314d9..147941530 100644
--- a/vmm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vmm/Cargo.toml
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@ vm-migration = { path = "../vm-migration" }
 vm-virtio = { path = "../vm-virtio" }
 vmm-sys-util = { workspace = true, features = ["with-serde"] }
 zbus = { version = "4.4.0", optional = true }
-zerocopy = { version = "0.8.24", features = ["alloc", "derive"] }
+zerocopy = { workspace = true, features = ["alloc", "derive"] }