diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ebe84c2705..ede4e57ca2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -95,3 +95,12 @@ default-members = [
 ]
 
 exclude = ["explorer", "contracts", "clients/webassembly", "nym-wallet", "nym-connect"]
+
+[workspace.package]
+authors = ["Nym Technologies SA"]
+repository = "https://github.com/nymtech/nym"
+homepage = "https://nymtech.net"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[workspace.dependencies]
+log = "0.4"
diff --git a/clients/client-core/Cargo.toml b/clients/client-core/Cargo.toml
index fee89c52df..dc6e12802f 100644
--- a/clients/client-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clients/client-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dirs = "4.0"
 dashmap = "5.4.0"
 futures = "0.3"
 humantime-serde = "1.0"
-log = "0.4"
+log = { workspace = true }
 rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.89"
diff --git a/clients/native/Cargo.toml b/clients/native/Cargo.toml
index 1e33012304..1385db71c2 100644
--- a/clients/native/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clients/native/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ url = "2.2"
 clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 dirs = "4.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-log = "0.4" # self explanatory
+log = { workspace = true } # self explanatory
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4" # for formatting log messages
 rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] } # rng-related traits + some rng implementation to use
 serde = { version = "1.0.104", features = ["derive"] } # for config serialization/deserialization
diff --git a/clients/socks5/Cargo.toml b/clients/socks5/Cargo.toml
index 7567dda43b..7298d4c4b1 100644
--- a/clients/socks5/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clients/socks5/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 dirs = "4.0"
 futures = "0.3"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-log = "0.4"
+log = { workspace = true }
 pin-project = "1.0"
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
 rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
diff --git a/common/client-connections/Cargo.toml b/common/client-connections/Cargo.toml
index 7438be79ba..a3d51b3b54 100644
--- a/common/client-connections/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/client-connections/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 futures = "0.3"
-log = "0.4.17"
+log = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml b/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml
index b56ff0872e..7dffddd6ad 100644
--- a/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 # TODO: (for this and other crates), similarly to 'tokio', import only required "futures" modules rather than
 # the entire crate
 futures = "0.3"
-log = "0.4"
+log = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = "1.0"
 url = "2.2"
 rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
diff --git a/common/client-libs/mixnet-client/Cargo.toml b/common/client-libs/mixnet-client/Cargo.toml
index ad13e51e50..c64da7db48 100644
--- a/common/client-libs/mixnet-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/client-libs/mixnet-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 futures = "0.3"
-log = "0.4.8"
+log = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.24.1", features = ["time", "net", "rt"] }
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7.4", features = ["codec"] }
 
diff --git a/common/client-libs/validator-client/Cargo.toml b/common/client-libs/validator-client/Cargo.toml
index 14c1faceec..8b64ae3621 100644
--- a/common/client-libs/validator-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/client-libs/validator-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["json"] }
 thiserror = "1"
-log = "0.4"
+log = { workspace = true }
 url = { version = "2.2", features = ["serde"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.24.1", features = ["sync", "time"] }
 futures = "0.3"
diff --git a/common/commands/Cargo.toml b/common/commands/Cargo.toml
index 084f3956cd..e8d9180b06 100644
--- a/common/commands/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/commands/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-cli-commands"
 version = "1.0.0"
-authors = ["Nym Technologies SA"]
+authors.workspace = true
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ cw-utils = { version = "0.13.4" }
 handlebars = "3.0.1"
 humantime-serde = "1.0"
 k256 = { version = "0.10", features = ["ecdsa", "sha256"] }
-log = "0.4"
+log = { workspace = true }
 rand = {version = "0.6", features = ["std"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
diff --git a/common/config/Cargo.toml b/common/config/Cargo.toml
index c0db6fe9e4..167286538e 100644
--- a/common/config/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/config/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 cfg-if = "1.0.0"
 handlebars = "3.0.1"
-log = "0.4"
+log = { workspace = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 toml = "0.5.6"
 url = "2.2"
diff --git a/common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/mixnet-contract/Cargo.toml b/common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/mixnet-contract/Cargo.toml
index 1f3e72af8a..1cc5118582 100644
--- a/common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/mixnet-contract/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/mixnet-contract/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0.0"
 humantime-serde = "1.1.1"
 
 # TO CHECK WHETHER STILL NEEDED:
-log = "0.4.14"
+log = { workspace = true }
 time = { version = "0.3.6", features = ["parsing", "formatting"] }
 ts-rs = { version = "6.1.2", optional = true }
 
diff --git a/common/credential-storage/Cargo.toml b/common/credential-storage/Cargo.toml
index 06939652bf..0c10ef7535 100644
--- a/common/credential-storage/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/credential-storage/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = { version = "0.1.51" }
 
-log = "0.4"
+log = { workspace = true }
 sqlx = { version = "0.5", features = ["runtime-tokio-rustls", "sqlite", "macros", "migrate"]}
 thiserror = "1.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.24.1", features = [ "rt-multi-thread", "net", "signal", "fs" ] }
diff --git a/common/inclusion-probability/Cargo.toml b/common/inclusion-probability/Cargo.toml
index 73eedb75a0..d6cd2dae19 100644
--- a/common/inclusion-probability/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/inclusion-probability/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-log = "0.4.17"
+log = { workspace = true }
 rand = "0.8.5"
 thiserror = "1.0.32"
diff --git a/common/logging/Cargo.toml b/common/logging/Cargo.toml
index c0e2159864..491caa6b74 100644
--- a/common/logging/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/logging/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-log = "0.4.0"
+log = { workspace = true }
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/common/mixnode-common/Cargo.toml b/common/mixnode-common/Cargo.toml
index 6d2c561e29..04d225fac9 100644
--- a/common/mixnode-common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/mixnode-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 bytes = "1.0"
 futures = "0.3"
 humantime-serde = "1.0"
-log = "0.4"
+log = { workspace = true }
 rand = "0.8"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.24.1", features = ["time", "macros", "rt", "net", "io-util"] }
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/chunking/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/chunking/Cargo.toml
index 3d6bacab61..42b0bfdf7d 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/chunking/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/chunking/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-log = "0.4.8"
+log = { workspace = true }
 rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
 thiserror = "1.0.37"
 
diff --git a/common/socks5/ordered-buffer/Cargo.toml b/common/socks5/ordered-buffer/Cargo.toml
index 58dd09b263..d7207eaf9c 100644
--- a/common/socks5/ordered-buffer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/socks5/ordered-buffer/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-log = "0.4"
+log = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = "1.0.37"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/socks5/proxy-helpers/Cargo.toml b/common/socks5/proxy-helpers/Cargo.toml
index f31915c8e6..cfe89a0f12 100644
--- a/common/socks5/proxy-helpers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/socks5/proxy-helpers/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ tokio-util = { version = "0.7.4", features = [ "io" ] } # reason for getting thi
 # their `read_buf` [from the util crate] replacement rather than having to rethink/reimplement `AvailableReader` with the new AsyncRead trait definition.
 # In the long run, the dependency should probably get removed in favour of pure-tokio implementation, but for time being it's fine.
 futures = "0.3"
-log = "0.4"
+log = { workspace = true }
 
 # internal
 client-connections = { path = "../../client-connections" }
diff --git a/common/statistics/Cargo.toml b/common/statistics/Cargo.toml
index 483a4acd11..65004dbc40 100644
--- a/common/statistics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/statistics/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = { version = "0.1.51" }
-log = "0.4"
+log = { workspace = true }
 reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["json"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
diff --git a/common/task/Cargo.toml b/common/task/Cargo.toml
index 800f1c2362..ab822e9341 100644
--- a/common/task/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/task/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 futures = "0.3"
-log = "0.4"
+log = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = "1.0.37"
 tokio = { version = "1.24.1", features = ["macros", "sync"] }
 
diff --git a/common/topology/Cargo.toml b/common/topology/Cargo.toml
index 2996aeb639..42480168cc 100644
--- a/common/topology/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/topology/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 bs58 = "0.4"
-log = "0.4"
+log = { workspace = true }
 rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
 thiserror = "1.0.37"
 
diff --git a/common/types/Cargo.toml b/common/types/Cargo.toml
index 798303d9a8..04030da607 100644
--- a/common/types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/types/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 name = "nym-types"
 version = "1.0.0"
 description = "Nym common types"
-authors = ["Nym Technologies SA"]
+authors.workspace = true
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.58"
 
 [dependencies]
 eyre = "0.6.5"
-log = "0.4"
+log = { workspace = true }
 itertools = "0.10"
 reqwest = "0.11.9"
 schemars = "0.8"
diff --git a/explorer-api/Cargo.toml b/explorer-api/Cargo.toml
index eb4b6ac83f..279ee16910 100644
--- a/explorer-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/explorer-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 humantime-serde = "1.0"
 isocountry = "0.3.2"
 itertools = "0.10.3"
-log = "0.4.0"
+log = { workspace = true }
 okapi = { version = "0.7.0-rc.1", features = ["impl_json_schema"] }
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4.0"
 reqwest = "0.11.4"
diff --git a/gateway/Cargo.toml b/gateway/Cargo.toml
index bc76a5ff11..97a1617c63 100644
--- a/gateway/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gateway/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dotenv = "0.15.0"
 futures = "0.3"
 humantime-serde = "1.0.1"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-log = "0.4"
+log = { workspace = true }
 once_cell = "1.7.2"
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
 rand = "0.7"
diff --git a/gateway/gateway-requests/Cargo.toml b/gateway/gateway-requests/Cargo.toml
index 9501755306..68b20112fb 100644
--- a/gateway/gateway-requests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gateway/gateway-requests/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 bs58 = "0.4.0"
 futures = "0.3.15"
-log = "0.4.14"
+log = { workspace = true }
 nymsphinx = { path = "../../common/nymsphinx" }
 rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/mixnode/Cargo.toml b/mixnode/Cargo.toml
index da0b3ae901..b0841f5648 100644
--- a/mixnode/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mixnode/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dotenv = "0.15.0"
 futures = "0.3.0"
 humantime-serde = "1.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-log = "0.4.0"
+log = { workspace = true }
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4.0"
 rand = "0.7.3"
 rocket = { version = "0.5.0-rc.2", features = ["json"] }
diff --git a/nym-api/Cargo.toml b/nym-api/Cargo.toml
index 9f320ad30e..931f536539 100644
--- a/nym-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dotenv = "0.15.0"
 futures = "0.3.24"
 humantime-serde = "1.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-log = "0.4.17"
+log = { workspace = true }
 pin-project = "1.0"
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4.0"
 rand = "0.8.5"
diff --git a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml
index 13abe47233..ac7ce86ad1 100644
--- a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ nymsphinx = { path = "../../../common/nymsphinx" }
 task = { path = "../../../common/task" }
 
 futures = "0.3"
-log = "0.4"
+log = { workspace = true }
 rand = { version = "0.7.3" }
 tap = "1.0.1"
 thiserror = "1.0.38"
diff --git a/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml b/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml
index 24e4d62d24..230867265c 100644
--- a/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml
+++ b/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ clap = {version = "4.0", features = ["derive"]}
 dirs = "4.0"
 futures = "0.3.24"
 ipnetwork = "0.20.0"
-log = "0.4.17"
+log = { workspace = true }
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4.0"
 publicsuffix = "1.5" # Can't update this until bip updates to support newer idna version
 rand = "0.7.3"
diff --git a/service-providers/network-statistics/Cargo.toml b/service-providers/network-statistics/Cargo.toml
index f5a6f48d73..03f78286b3 100644
--- a/service-providers/network-statistics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/service-providers/network-statistics/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 dirs = "4.0"
-log = "0.4"
+log = { workspace = true }
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
 rocket = { version = "0.5.0-rc.2", features = ["json"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/tools/nym-cli/Cargo.toml b/tools/nym-cli/Cargo.toml
index 9c16634723..a1dfd62ea4 100644
--- a/tools/nym-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tools/nym-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-cli"
 version = "1.1.6"
-authors = ["Nym Technologies SA"]
+authors.workspace = true
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["derive"] }
 clap_complete = "4.0"
 clap_complete_fig = "4.0"
 dotenv = "0.15.0"
-log = "0.4"
+log = { workspace = true }
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"