diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1950e60..ffd4553 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,3 +5,28 @@
 members = ["backpack/cli", "backpack/lib", "backpack/e2e", "xtask"]
 resolver = "2"
 default-members = ["backpack/cli"]
+
+[workspace.package]
+edition = "2024"
+license = "MIT"
+repository = "https://github.com/yonasBSD/github-rs"
+
+[workspace.dependencies]
+tokio = { version = "1.48.0", features = ["full", "macros"] }
+clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
+tracing = { version = "0.1.44", features = ["log"] }
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.22", features = ["env-filter", "json"] }
+terminal-banner = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["color"] }
+test-log = { version = "0.2.19", features = ["trace", "color"] }
+
+# crates used only by lib but still common enough to centralize
+colored = "3.0.0"
+which = "8.0.0"
+config = "0.15.19"
+xdg = "3.0.0"
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.27", default-features = false, features = ["blocking", "hickory-dns", "json", "rustls-tls"] }
+env_logger = "0.11.8"
+serde_json5 = "0.2.1"
+
+# external git dependency
+octocrab = { version = "*", git = "https://github.com/yonasBSD/octocrab", branch = "yonasBSD" }
diff --git a/backpack/cli/Cargo.toml b/backpack/cli/Cargo.toml
index 50b39a9..b633ae3 100644
--- a/backpack/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backpack/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,19 +4,21 @@
 [package]
 name = "github-rs"
 version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2024"
 license = "MIT"
-repository = "https://github.com/yonasBSD/github-rs"
+edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
-github-rs-lib = { package = "github-rs-lib", path = "../lib" }
-tokio = { version = "1.48.0", features = ["full", "macros"] }
-clap = { version = "*", features = ["derive"] }
-tracing = { version = "0.1.44", features = ["log"] }
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.22", features = ["env-filter", "json"] }
-terminal-banner = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["color"] }
+github-rs-lib = { path = "../lib" }
+tokio.workspace = true
+clap.workspace = true
+tracing.workspace = true
+tracing-subscriber.workspace = true
+terminal-banner.workspace = true
 console-subscriber = "0.5.0"
 
+[dev-dependencies]
+test-log.workspace = true
+
 [[bin]]
 name = "github-rs"
 path = "src/main.rs"
@@ -24,9 +26,6 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 [features]
 coverage = []
 
-[dev-dependencies]
-test-log = { version = "0.2.19", features = ["trace", "color"] }
-
 [package.metadata.binstall.signing]
 algorithm = "minisign"
 pubkey = "RWS6/A1iiYtBjU101ofgB5ZBUq+erhj0pAF06delVbHPUiDee7PQvIML"
diff --git a/backpack/e2e/Cargo.toml b/backpack/e2e/Cargo.toml
index 2f66eed..93e917f 100644
--- a/backpack/e2e/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backpack/e2e/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,16 +4,15 @@
 [package]
 name = "github-rs-e2e"
 version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2024"
 license = "MIT"
-repository = "https://github.com/yonasBSD/github-rs"
+edition = "2024"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-github-rs-lib = { package = "github-rs-lib", path = "../lib" }
+github-rs-lib = { path = "../lib" }
 cucumber = { version = "0.22.0", features = ["libtest", "output-json", "output-junit", "timestamps", "tracing"] }
-tokio = { version = "1.48.0", features = ["full", "macros"] }
+tokio.workspace = true
 
 [[test]]
 name = "token"
-harness = false  # allows Cucumber to print output instead of libtest
+harness = false
 path = "tests/token/main.rs"
diff --git a/backpack/lib/Cargo.toml b/backpack/lib/Cargo.toml
index 58a1b02..2e4fe7e 100644
--- a/backpack/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backpack/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,27 +4,26 @@
 [package]
 name = "github-rs-lib"
 version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2024"
 license = "MIT"
-repository = "https://github.com/yonasBSD/github-rs"
+edition = "2024"
 
 [features]
 coverage = []
 
 [dependencies]
-octocrab = { version = "*", git = "https://github.com/yonasBSD/octocrab", branch = "yonasBSD" }
-tokio = { version = "1.48.0", features = ["full", "macros"] }
-clap = { version = "*", features = ["derive"] }
-colored = "3.0.0"
-which = "8.0.0"
-config = "0.15.19"
-xdg = "3.0.0"
-reqwest = { version = "0.12.27", default-features = false, features = ["blocking", "hickory-dns", "json", "rustls-tls"] }
-env_logger = "0.11.8"
-tracing = { version = "0.1.44", features = ["log"] }
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.22", features = ["env-filter", "json"] }
-terminal-banner = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["color"] }
-serde_json5 = "0.2.1"
+octocrab.workspace = true
+tokio.workspace = true
+clap.workspace = true
+colored.workspace = true
+which.workspace = true
+config.workspace = true
+xdg.workspace = true
+reqwest.workspace = true
+env_logger.workspace = true
+tracing.workspace = true
+tracing-subscriber.workspace = true
+terminal-banner.workspace = true
+serde_json5.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-test-log = { version = "0.2.19", features = ["trace", "color"] }
+test-log.workspace = true