diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 964d69027f1..b90f9958173 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ keywords = ["peer-to-peer", "libp2p", "networking"]
 categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 
 [dependencies]
-futures = "0.3.29"
+futures = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-core = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-identity = { workspace = true, features = ["peerid"] }
 libp2p-swarm = { workspace = true }