diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 66a3ec0..1be2a25 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,3 +5,9 @@ members = [
     "vhost",
     "vhost-user-backend",
 ]
+
+[workspace.dependencies]
+virtio-bindings = "0.2.1"
+virtio-queue = "0.13.0"
+vm-memory = "0.15.0"
+vmm-sys-util = "0.12.1"
diff --git a/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml b/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
index 30be2f5..f4f149c 100644
--- a/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ libc = "0.2.39"
 log = "0.4.17"
 userfaultfd = { version = "0.8.1", optional = true }
 vhost = { path = "../vhost", version = "0.12", features = ["vhost-user-backend"] }
-virtio-bindings = "0.2.1"
-virtio-queue = "0.13.0"
-vm-memory = { version = "0.15.0", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic", "backend-bitmap"] }
-vmm-sys-util = "0.12.1"
+virtio-bindings = { workspace = true }
+virtio-queue = { workspace = true }
+vm-memory = { workspace = true, features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic", "backend-bitmap"] }
+vmm-sys-util = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 nix = { version = "0.29", features = ["fs"] }
 vhost = { path = "../vhost", version = "0.12", features = ["test-utils", "vhost-user-frontend", "vhost-user-backend"] }
-vm-memory = { version = "0.15.0", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }
+vm-memory = { workspace = true, features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }
 tempfile = "3.2.0"
diff --git a/vhost/Cargo.toml b/vhost/Cargo.toml
index 1f766be..c7f53ae 100644
--- a/vhost/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ bitflags = "2.4"
 libc = "0.2.39"
 uuid = { version = "1.8.0", features=["v4", "fast-rng", "macro-diagnostics"] }
 
-vmm-sys-util = "0.12.1"
-vm-memory = { version = "0.15.0", features=["backend-mmap"] }
+vmm-sys-util = { workspace = true }
+vm-memory = { workspace = true, features=["backend-mmap"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3.2.0"