diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aa0d4153f..8c59b92de 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -62,24 +62,31 @@ egui_demo_lib = { version = "0.27.2", path = "crates/egui_demo_lib", default-fea
 egui_glow = { version = "0.27.2", path = "crates/egui_glow", default-features = false }
 eframe = { version = "0.27.2", path = "crates/eframe", default-features = false }
 
-#TODO(emilk): make more things workspace dependencies
 ahash = { version = "0.8.6", default-features = false, features = [
     "no-rng", # we don't need DOS-protection, so we let users opt-in to it instead
     "std",
 ] }
 backtrace = "0.3"
+bytemuck = "1.7.2"
 criterion = { version = "0.5.1", default-features = false }
 document-features = " 0.2.8"
 glow = "0.13"
+glutin = "0.31"
+glutin-winit = "0.4"
 image = { version = "0.25", default-features = false }
 log = { version = "0.4", features = ["std"] }
 nohash-hasher = "0.2"
 parking_lot = "0.12"
 puffin = "0.19"
 puffin_http = "0.16"
+ron = "0.8"
 raw-window-handle = "0.6.0"
+serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "1.0.37"
 web-time = "0.2" # Timekeeping for native and web
+wasm-bindgen = "0.2"
+wasm-bindgen-futures = "0.4"
+web-sys = "0.3.58"
 wgpu = { version = "0.20.0", default-features = false, features = [
     # Make the renderer `Sync` even on wasm32, because it makes the code simpler:
     "fragile-send-sync-non-atomic-wasm",
diff --git a/crates/ecolor/Cargo.toml b/crates/ecolor/Cargo.toml
index fe4c6f444..6b46bc106 100644
--- a/crates/ecolor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ecolor/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ default = []
 #! ### Optional dependencies
 
 ## [`bytemuck`](https://docs.rs/bytemuck) enables you to cast `ecolor` types to `&[u8]`.
-bytemuck = { version = "1.7.2", optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
+bytemuck = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
 
 ## [`cint`](https://docs.rs/cint) enables interoperability with other color libraries.
 cint = { version = "0.3.1", optional = true }
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ color-hex = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true }
 document-features = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 ## Allow serialization using [`serde`](https://docs.rs/serde).
-serde = { version = "1", optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
+serde = { workspace = true, optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml b/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml
index bb3544fff..f992c5c66 100644
--- a/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ glow = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 rwh_05 = { package = "raw-window-handle", version = "0.5.2", optional = true, features = [
   "std",
 ] }
-ron = { version = "0.8", optional = true, features = ["integer128"] }
-serde = { version = "1", optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
+ron = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["integer128"] }
+serde = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 # -------------------------------------------
 # native:
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ pollster = { version = "0.3", optional = true } # needed for wgpu
 
 # we can expose these to user so that they can select which backends they want to enable to avoid compiling useless deps.
 # this can be done at the same time we expose x11/wayland features of winit crate.
-glutin = { version = "0.31", optional = true }
-glutin-winit = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
+glutin = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+glutin-winit = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 puffin = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 wgpu = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = [
   # Let's enable some backends so that users can use `eframe` out-of-the-box
@@ -199,12 +199,12 @@ winapi = { version = "0.3.9", features = ["winuser"] }
 # -------------------------------------------
 # web:
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
-bytemuck = "1.7"
+bytemuck.workspace = true
 js-sys = "0.3"
 percent-encoding = "2.1"
-wasm-bindgen = "0.2"
-wasm-bindgen-futures = "0.4"
-web-sys = { version = "0.3.58", features = [
+wasm-bindgen.workspace = true
+wasm-bindgen-futures.workspace = true
+web-sys = { workspace = true, features = [
   "BinaryType",
   "Blob",
   "Clipboard",
diff --git a/crates/egui-wgpu/Cargo.toml b/crates/egui-wgpu/Cargo.toml
index 817233b88..1de7d1446 100644
--- a/crates/egui-wgpu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/egui-wgpu/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ x11 = ["winit?/x11"]
 egui = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 epaint = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["bytemuck"] }
 
-bytemuck = "1.7"
+bytemuck.workspace = true
 document-features.workspace = true
 log.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/egui-winit/Cargo.toml b/crates/egui-winit/Cargo.toml
index fc2b8a536..6354b7a43 100644
--- a/crates/egui-winit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/egui-winit/Cargo.toml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ accesskit_winit = { version = "0.16.0", optional = true }
 document-features = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 puffin = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-serde = { version = "1.0", optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
+serde = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 webbrowser = { version = "1.0.0", optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(any(target_os="linux", target_os="dragonfly", target_os="freebsd", target_os="netbsd", target_os="openbsd"))'.dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/egui/Cargo.toml b/crates/egui/Cargo.toml
index 909beba13..2e8e1ddd5 100644
--- a/crates/egui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/egui/Cargo.toml
@@ -95,5 +95,5 @@ document-features = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 log = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 puffin = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-ron = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
-serde = { version = "1", optional = true, features = ["derive", "rc"] }
+ron = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+serde = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["derive", "rc"] }
diff --git a/crates/egui_demo_app/Cargo.toml b/crates/egui_demo_app/Cargo.toml
index 5878848ce..87f787a05 100644
--- a/crates/egui_demo_app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/egui_demo_app/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ log.workspace = true
 
 # Optional dependencies:
 
-bytemuck = { version = "1.7.1", optional = true }
+bytemuck = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 puffin = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 puffin_http = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 # Enable both WebGL & WebGPU when targeting the web (these features have no effect when not targeting wasm32)
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ image = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["jpeg", "png"] }
 poll-promise = { version = "0.3", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
 # feature "persistence":
-serde = { version = "1", optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
+serde = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 
 # native:
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@ rfd = { version = "0.13", optional = true }
 # web:
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
 wasm-bindgen = "=0.2.92"
-wasm-bindgen-futures = "0.4"
-web-sys = "0.3"
+wasm-bindgen-futures.workspace = true
+web-sys.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/egui_demo_lib/Cargo.toml b/crates/egui_demo_lib/Cargo.toml
index d1daa5b8c..9a6e79dd9 100644
--- a/crates/egui_demo_lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/egui_demo_lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ unicode_names2 = { version = "0.6.0", default-features = false } # this old vers
 chrono = { version = "0.4", optional = true, features = ["js-sys", "wasmbind"] }
 ## Enable this when generating docs.
 document-features = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-serde = { version = "1", optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
+serde = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/egui_extras/Cargo.toml b/crates/egui_extras/Cargo.toml
index 169e94c8b..edbac462c 100644
--- a/crates/egui_extras/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/egui_extras/Cargo.toml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ egui = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["serde"] }
 
 enum-map = { version = "2", features = ["serde"] }
 log.workspace = true
-serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
+serde.workspace = true
 
 #! ### Optional dependencies
 
diff --git a/crates/egui_glow/Cargo.toml b/crates/egui_glow/Cargo.toml
index 44939640c..29129dddc 100644
--- a/crates/egui_glow/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/egui_glow/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ x11 = ["winit?/x11"]
 egui = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["bytemuck"] }
 egui-winit = { workspace = true, optional = true, default-features = false }
 
-bytemuck = "1.7"
+bytemuck.workspace = true
 glow.workspace = true
 log.workspace = true
 memoffset = "0.9"
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ winit = { workspace = true, optional = true, default-features = false, features
 
 # Web:
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
-web-sys = { version = "0.3", features = ["console"] }
-wasm-bindgen = "0.2"
+web-sys = { workspace = true, features = ["console"] }
+wasm-bindgen.workspace = true
 
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-glutin = "0.31"        # examples/pure_glow
-glutin-winit = "0.4.0"
+glutin.workspace = true       # examples/pure_glow
+glutin-winit.workspace = true
 # glutin stuck on old version of raw-window-handle:
 rwh_05 = { package = "raw-window-handle", version = "0.5.2", features = [
   "std",
diff --git a/crates/egui_plot/Cargo.toml b/crates/egui_plot/Cargo.toml
index 91c4b3a50..bc42765ea 100644
--- a/crates/egui_plot/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/egui_plot/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ egui = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 ## Enable this when generating docs.
 document-features = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
-serde = { version = "1", optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
+serde = { workspace = true, optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/emath/Cargo.toml b/crates/emath/Cargo.toml
index 99fc1b004..f47f281c9 100644
--- a/crates/emath/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/emath/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ default = []
 #! ### Optional dependencies
 
 ## [`bytemuck`](https://docs.rs/bytemuck) enables you to cast `emath` types to `&[u8]`.
-bytemuck = { version = "1.7.2", optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
+bytemuck = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
 
 ## Enable this when generating docs.
 document-features = { workspace = true, optional = true }
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ document-features = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 mint = { version = "0.5.6", optional = true }
 
 ## Allow serialization using [`serde`](https://docs.rs/serde).
-serde = { version = "1", optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
+serde = { workspace = true, optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/epaint/Cargo.toml b/crates/epaint/Cargo.toml
index 852066d04..3588a280d 100644
--- a/crates/epaint/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/epaint/Cargo.toml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ nohash-hasher.workspace = true
 parking_lot.workspace = true   # Using parking_lot over std::sync::Mutex gives 50% speedups in some real-world scenarios.
 
 #! ### Optional dependencies
-bytemuck = { version = "1.7.2", optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
+bytemuck = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
 
 ## Enable this when generating docs.
 document-features = { workspace = true, optional = true }
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ puffin = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 rayon = { version = "1.7", optional = true }
 
 ## Allow serialization using [`serde`](https://docs.rs/serde) .
-serde = { version = "1", optional = true, features = ["derive", "rc"] }
+serde = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["derive", "rc"] }
 
 # native:
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]