diff --git a/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.toml b/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.toml
index 3a227f4624..22ffffd445 100644
--- a/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -89,9 +89,11 @@ clap = "4.5"
 dbus = "0.9"
 debounced = "0.2"
 dirs = "5.0.1"
+dns-lookup = "2"
 duct = "0.13"
 eventlog = "0.3.0"
 futures = "0.3.31"
+futures-util = "0.3"
 hex = "0.4"
 hickory-resolver = "0.24.2"
 http = "0.2.12"                                                     # version compatible with tonic
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0"
 sha2 = "0.10"
 si-scale = "0.2.3"
 signature = "2.2.0"
+socket2 = "0.5.8"
 strum = "0.26"
 strum_macros = "0.26"
 sysinfo = "0.31"
@@ -139,6 +142,7 @@ thiserror = "2.0.9"
 time = "0.3.37"
 tokio = "1.42"
 tokio-stream = "0.1.17"
+tokio-tungstenite = "0.26.1"
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7.13", features = ["codec"] }
 toml = "0.8"
 tonic = "0.11.0"
@@ -152,6 +156,7 @@ tracing-appender = "0.2.3"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 triggered = "0.1.1"
 tun = { version = "0.6.1", features = ["async"] }
+tungstenite = "0.26.1"
 uniffi = { version = "0.27.3", features = ["cli"] }
 url = "2.5"
 uuid = "1.11"
diff --git a/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-gateway-directory/Cargo.toml b/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-gateway-directory/Cargo.toml
index 20ae432b01..dec8d8cb8a 100644
--- a/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-gateway-directory/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-gateway-directory/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ rand.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
-tokio-tungstenite = "0.26.1"
-tungstenite = "0.26.1"
+tokio-tungstenite.workspace = true
+tungstenite.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 url.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-gateway-probe/Cargo.toml b/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-gateway-probe/Cargo.toml
index 1bffa761f7..4d2517c1af 100644
--- a/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-gateway-probe/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-gateway-probe/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ bs58.workspace = true
 bytes.workspace = true
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 dirs.workspace = true
-dns-lookup = "2"
+dns-lookup.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
 hex.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
diff --git a/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-vpn-network-config/Cargo.toml b/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-vpn-network-config/Cargo.toml
index 0174d85393..95baa6b2aa 100644
--- a/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-vpn-network-config/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-vpn-network-config/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ license.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow.workspace = true
-futures-util = "0.3"
+futures-util.workspace = true
 itertools.workspace = true
 nym-config.workspace = true
 nym-sdk.workspace = true
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ reqwest = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = [
     "blocking",
     "rustls-tls",
     "json",
-]}
+] }
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 tempfile.workspace = true
diff --git a/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-windows/Cargo.toml b/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-windows/Cargo.toml
index 8101d15365..51a646ebff 100644
--- a/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-windows/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-windows/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ version.workspace = true
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 thiserror.workspace = true
-socket2 = "0.5.8"
+socket2.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
 
 nym-common = { path = "../nym-common" }