diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c61dc8b2d1..55cbfbe483 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ dashmap = "5.5.3"
 defguard_wireguard_rs = "0.4.2"
 doc-comment = "0.3"
 dotenvy = "0.15.6"
+dirs = "4.0"
 ecdsa = "0.16"
 ed25519-dalek = "2.1"
 etherparse = "0.13.0"
diff --git a/clients/native/Cargo.toml b/clients/native/Cargo.toml
index 2fb280e996..57beefe4f7 100644
--- a/clients/native/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clients/native/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ url = { workspace = true }
 
 bs58 = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
-dirs = "4.0"
+dirs = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true } # self explanatory
 rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] } # for config serialization/deserialization
diff --git a/common/socks5-client-core/Cargo.toml b/common/socks5-client-core/Cargo.toml
index 344b60cd64..290016a332 100644
--- a/common/socks5-client-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/socks5-client-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ license.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
-dirs = "4.0"
+dirs = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 pin-project = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/gateway/Cargo.toml b/gateway/Cargo.toml
index 7bb571c8fc..a2785fa5e6 100644
--- a/gateway/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gateway/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ bs58 = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 colored = { workspace = true }
 dashmap = { workspace = true }
-dirs = "4.0"
+dirs = { workspace = true }
 dotenvy = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 humantime-serde = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/mixnode/Cargo.toml b/mixnode/Cargo.toml
index a6f8012702..fe9ce479bd 100644
--- a/mixnode/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mixnode/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ bs58 = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 colored = { workspace = true }
 cupid = { workspace = true }
-dirs = "4.0"
+dirs = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 humantime-serde = { workspace = true }
 lazy_static = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/nym-api/Cargo.toml b/nym-api/Cargo.toml
index e8b1c2a6ef..c4ab7d9445 100644
--- a/nym-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ bip39 = { workspace = true }
 cfg-if = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 console-subscriber = { workspace = true, optional = true } # validator-api needs to be built with RUSTFLAGS="--cfg tokio_unstable"
-dirs = "4.0"
+dirs = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 itertools = "0.12.0"
 humantime-serde = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml b/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml
index 7674d5bbeb..c67fc71068 100644
--- a/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml
+++ b/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ addr = { workspace = true }
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 bs58 = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["cargo", "derive"]}
-dirs = "4.0"
+dirs = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 humantime-serde = { workspace = true }
 ipnetwork = "0.20.0"