diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 88274a9d3d..04189391d4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,6 +49,43 @@ exclude = [
 [workspace.package]
 version = "0.13.2"
 
+[workspace.dependencies]
+backtrace = { version = "0.3.74", default-features = false } # Used to get the stacktrace in StacktraceObserver
+bindgen = "0.70.1"
+clap = "4.5.18"
+cc = "1.1.21"
+cmake = "0.1.51"
+document-features = "0.2.10"
+foldhash = { version = "0.1.2", default-features = false } # The hash function already used in hashbrown
+hashbrown = { version = "0.15.1", default-features = false } # A faster hashmap, nostd compatible
+libc = "0.2.159" # For (*nix) libc
+log = "0.4.22"
+meminterval = "0.4.1"
+mimalloc = { version = "0.1.43", default-features = false }
+nix = { version = "0.29.0", default-features = false }
+num_enum = { version = "0.7.3", default-features = false }
+num-traits = { version = "0.2.19", default-features = false }
+paste = "1.0.15"
+postcard = { version = "1.0.10", features = [
+  "alloc",
+], default-features = false } # no_std compatible serde serialization format
+rangemap = "1.5.1"
+regex = "1.10.6"
+rustversion = "1.0.17"
+serde = { version = "1.0.210", default-features = false } # serialization lib
+serial_test = { version = "3.1.1", default-features = false }
+serde_json = { version = "1.0.128", default-features = false }
+serde_yaml = { version = "0.9.34" } # For parsing the injections yaml file
+strum = "0.26.3"
+strum_macros = "0.26.4"
+toml = "0.8.19" # For parsing the injections toml file
+typed-builder = "0.20.0" # Implement the builder pattern at compiletime
+uuid = { version = "1.10.0", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
+which = { version = "7.0.0" }
+windows = "0.58.0"
+z3 = "0.12.1"
+
+
 [workspace.lints.rust]
 # Forbid
 unexpected_cfgs = "forbid"
diff --git a/libafl/Cargo.toml b/libafl/Cargo.toml
index 40b67de9cb..019f2d4ad1 100644
--- a/libafl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl/Cargo.toml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ tcp_manager = ["tokio", "std"]
 tcp_compression = ["tcp_manager", "libafl_bolts/gzip"]
 
 ## Enable multi-machine support
-multi_machine = ["tokio", "std", "enumflags2", "ahash/std"]
+multi_machine = ["tokio", "std", "enumflags2", "foldhash/std"]
 
 ## Enables the `NaiveTokenizer` and `StacktraceObserver`
 regex = ["std", "dep:regex"]
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ concolic_mutation = ["z3"]
 tui_monitor = ["ratatui", "crossterm"]
 
 ## Enables `UnicodeClassificationStage` and associated mutators, which allow for mutations which preserve the Unicode property data
-unicode = ["libafl_bolts/alloc", "ahash/std", "serde/rc", "bitvec"]
+unicode = ["libafl_bolts/alloc", "foldhash/std", "serde/rc", "bitvec"]
 
 ## Enable multi-part input formats and mutators
 multipart_inputs = ["arrayvec", "rand_trait"]
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ nautilus = [
 rustversion = "1.0.17"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-serde_json = { version = "1.0.128", default-features = false, features = [
+serde_json = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = [
   "alloc",
 ] }
 # clippy-suggested optimised byte counter
@@ -201,32 +201,27 @@ libafl_bolts = { version = "0.13.2", path = "../libafl_bolts", default-features
 ] }
 libafl_derive = { version = "0.13.2", path = "../libafl_derive", optional = true }
 
-rustversion = { version = "1.0.17" }
+rustversion = { workspace = true }
 tuple_list = { version = "0.1.3" }
-hashbrown = { version = "0.15.0", features = [
+hashbrown = { workspace = true, features = [
   "serde",
-  "default-hasher",
 ], default-features = false } # A faster hashmap, nostd compatible
-num-traits = { version = "0.2.19", default-features = false }
-serde = { version = "1.0.210", default-features = false, features = [
-  "alloc",
-] } # serialization lib
-postcard = { version = "1.0.10", features = [
-  "alloc",
-], default-features = false } # no_std compatible serde serialization format
+num-traits = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
+serde = { workspace = true, features = ["alloc"] } # serialization lib
+postcard = { workspace = true } # no_std compatible serde serialization format
 bincode = { version = "1.3.3", optional = true }
 c2rust-bitfields = { version = "0.19.0", features = ["no_std"] }
-ahash = { version = "0.8.11", default-features = false } # The hash function already used in hashbrown
-meminterval = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["serde"] }
-backtrace = { version = "0.3.74", default-features = false, optional = true } # Used to get the stacktrace in StacktraceObserver
-typed-builder = { version = "0.20.0", optional = true } # Implement the builder pattern at compiletime
+foldhash = { workspace = true } # The hash function already used in hashbrown
+meminterval = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
+backtrace = { workspace = true, optional = true } # Used to get the stacktrace in StacktraceObserver
+typed-builder = { workspace = true, optional = true } # Implement the builder pattern at compiletime
 
-serde_json = { version = "1.0.128", optional = true, default-features = false, features = [
+serde_json = { workspace = true, optional = true, default-features = false, features = [
   "alloc",
 ] }
-nix = { version = "0.29.0", default-features = true, optional = true }
-regex = { version = "1.10.6", optional = true }
-uuid = { version = "1.10.0", optional = true, features = ["serde", "v4"] }
+nix = { workspace = true, default-features = true, optional = true }
+regex = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+uuid = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 libm = "0.2.8"
 ratatui = { version = "0.29.0", default-features = false, features = [
   'crossterm',
@@ -237,7 +232,7 @@ prometheus-client = { version = "0.22.3", optional = true } # For the prometheus
 tide = { version = "0.16.0", optional = true }
 async-std = { version = "1.13.0", features = ["attributes"], optional = true }
 futures = { version = "0.3.30", optional = true }
-log = { version = "0.4.22" }
+log = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.40.0", optional = true, features = [
   "sync",
   "net",
@@ -268,24 +263,24 @@ pyo3 = { version = "0.22.3", features = ["gil-refs"], optional = true }
 regex-syntax = { version = "0.8.4", optional = true }                   # For nautilus
 
 # optional-dev deps (change when target.'cfg(accessible(::std))'.test-dependencies will be stable)
-serial_test = { version = "3.1.1", optional = true, default-features = false, features = [
+serial_test = { workspace = true, optional = true, default-features = false, features = [
   "logging",
 ] }
 
 # Document all features of this crate (for `cargo doc`)
-document-features = { version = "0.2.10", optional = true }
+document-features = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 # Optional
-clap = { version = "4.5.18", optional = true }
+clap = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
-libc = { version = "0.2.59" }                # For (*nix) libc
-z3 = { version = "0.12.1", optional = true } # for concolic mutation
+libc = { workspace = true }                # For (*nix) libc
+z3 = { workspace = true, optional = true } # for concolic mutation
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
-windows = { version = "0.58.0", features = [
+windows = { workspace = true, features = [
   "Win32_Foundation",
   "Win32_System_Threading",
   "Win32_System_Diagnostics_Debug",
@@ -296,4 +291,4 @@ windows = { version = "0.58.0", features = [
 ] }
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.build-dependencies]
-windows = { version = "0.58.0" }
+windows = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/libafl/src/events/mod.rs b/libafl/src/events/mod.rs
index 43f051f1de..f0ac1fd610 100644
--- a/libafl/src/events/mod.rs
+++ b/libafl/src/events/mod.rs
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ use core::{
     time::Duration,
 };
 
-use ahash::RandomState;
 pub use broker_hooks::*;
+use foldhash::fast::FixedState;
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 pub use launcher::*;
 #[cfg(all(unix, feature = "std"))]
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ impl EventConfig {
     /// Create a new [`EventConfig`] from a name hash
     #[must_use]
     pub fn from_name(name: &str) -> Self {
-        let mut hasher = RandomState::with_seeds(0, 0, 0, 0).build_hasher(); //AHasher::new_with_keys(0, 0);
+        let mut hasher = FixedState::with_seed(1337).build_hasher(); //AHasher::new_with_keys(0, 0);
         hasher.write(name.as_bytes());
         EventConfig::FromName {
             name_hash: hasher.finish(),
diff --git a/libafl/src/inputs/bytes.rs b/libafl/src/inputs/bytes.rs
index 127e672953..5323833689 100644
--- a/libafl/src/inputs/bytes.rs
+++ b/libafl/src/inputs/bytes.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use core::{
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 use std::{fs::File, io::Read, path::Path};
 
-use ahash::RandomState;
+use foldhash::fast::FixedState;
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 use libafl_bolts::{fs::write_file_atomic, Error};
 use libafl_bolts::{ownedref::OwnedSlice, HasLen};
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ impl Input for BytesInput {
 
     /// Generate a name for this input
     fn generate_name(&self, _id: Option<CorpusId>) -> String {
-        let mut hasher = RandomState::with_seeds(0, 0, 0, 0).build_hasher();
+        let mut hasher = FixedState::with_seed(1337).build_hasher();
         hasher.write(self.bytes());
         format!("{:016x}", hasher.finish())
     }
diff --git a/libafl/src/inputs/encoded.rs b/libafl/src/inputs/encoded.rs
index e3f5897e18..70073eb9be 100644
--- a/libafl/src/inputs/encoded.rs
+++ b/libafl/src/inputs/encoded.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use core::{
     hash::{BuildHasher, Hasher},
 };
 
-use ahash::RandomState;
+use foldhash::fast::FixedState;
 use hashbrown::HashMap;
 use libafl_bolts::{Error, HasLen};
 #[cfg(feature = "regex")]
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ impl Input for EncodedInput {
     /// Generate a name for this input
     #[must_use]
     fn generate_name(&self, _id: Option<CorpusId>) -> String {
-        let mut hasher = RandomState::with_seeds(0, 0, 0, 0).build_hasher();
+        let mut hasher = FixedState::with_seed(1337).build_hasher();
         for code in &self.codes {
             hasher.write(&code.to_le_bytes());
         }
diff --git a/libafl/src/inputs/gramatron.rs b/libafl/src/inputs/gramatron.rs
index 443ee51ad3..a9fa5fa3a1 100644
--- a/libafl/src/inputs/gramatron.rs
+++ b/libafl/src/inputs/gramatron.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use core::{
     hash::{BuildHasher, Hasher},
 };
 
-use ahash::RandomState;
+use foldhash::fast::FixedState;
 use libafl_bolts::{Error, HasLen};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ impl Input for GramatronInput {
     /// Generate a name for this input
     #[must_use]
     fn generate_name(&self, _id: Option<CorpusId>) -> String {
-        let mut hasher = RandomState::with_seeds(0, 0, 0, 0).build_hasher();
+        let mut hasher = FixedState::with_seed(1337).build_hasher();
         for term in &self.terms {
             hasher.write(term.symbol.as_bytes());
         }
diff --git a/libafl/src/observers/map/const_map.rs b/libafl/src/observers/map/const_map.rs
index b84428949a..a68e1ed633 100644
--- a/libafl/src/observers/map/const_map.rs
+++ b/libafl/src/observers/map/const_map.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 use alloc::{borrow::Cow, vec::Vec};
 use core::{
     fmt::Debug,
-    hash::{Hash, Hasher},
+    hash::{BuildHasher, Hash, Hasher},
     ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
     ptr::NonNull,
 };
 
-use ahash::RandomState;
+use foldhash::fast::FixedState;
 use libafl_bolts::{ownedref::OwnedMutSizedSlice, HasLen, Named};
 use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Deserialize, Serialize};
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ where
 
     #[inline]
     fn hash_simple(&self) -> u64 {
-        RandomState::with_seeds(0, 0, 0, 0).hash_one(self)
+        FixedState::with_seed(1337).hash_one(self)
     }
 
     /// Reset the map
diff --git a/libafl/src/observers/map/mod.rs b/libafl/src/observers/map/mod.rs
index d73dedfbb3..65d20e07c7 100644
--- a/libafl/src/observers/map/mod.rs
+++ b/libafl/src/observers/map/mod.rs
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 use alloc::{borrow::Cow, vec::Vec};
 use core::{
     fmt::Debug,
-    hash::{Hash, Hasher},
+    hash::{BuildHasher, Hash, Hasher},
     ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
 };
 
-use ahash::RandomState;
+use foldhash::fast::FixedState;
 use libafl_bolts::{ownedref::OwnedMutSlice, AsSlice, AsSliceMut, HasLen, Named, Truncate};
 use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Deserialize, Serialize};
 
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ where
 
     #[inline]
     fn hash_simple(&self) -> u64 {
-        RandomState::with_seeds(0, 0, 0, 0).hash_one(self)
+        FixedState::with_seed(1337).hash_one(self)
     }
 
     #[inline]
diff --git a/libafl/src/observers/map/multi_map.rs b/libafl/src/observers/map/multi_map.rs
index 7c0bf533b9..d03b11d258 100644
--- a/libafl/src/observers/map/multi_map.rs
+++ b/libafl/src/observers/map/multi_map.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 use alloc::{borrow::Cow, vec::Vec};
 use core::{
     fmt::Debug,
-    hash::{Hash, Hasher},
+    hash::{BuildHasher, Hash, Hasher},
     iter::Flatten,
     slice::{Iter, IterMut},
 };
 
-use ahash::RandomState;
+use foldhash::fast::FixedState;
 use libafl_bolts::{
     ownedref::OwnedMutSlice, AsIter, AsIterMut, AsSlice, AsSliceMut, HasLen, Named,
 };
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ where
 
     #[inline]
     fn hash_simple(&self) -> u64 {
-        RandomState::with_seeds(0, 0, 0, 0).hash_one(self)
+        FixedState::with_seed(1337).hash_one(self)
     }
 
     fn reset_map(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
diff --git a/libafl/src/observers/map/owned_map.rs b/libafl/src/observers/map/owned_map.rs
index 66d0fc7e8b..e789af6cc0 100644
--- a/libafl/src/observers/map/owned_map.rs
+++ b/libafl/src/observers/map/owned_map.rs
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 use alloc::{borrow::Cow, vec::Vec};
 use core::{
     fmt::Debug,
-    hash::{Hash, Hasher},
+    hash::{BuildHasher, Hash, Hasher},
     ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
 };
 
-use ahash::RandomState;
+use foldhash::fast::FixedState;
 use libafl_bolts::{AsSlice, AsSliceMut, HasLen, Named};
 use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Deserialize, Serialize};
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ where
 
     #[inline]
     fn hash_simple(&self) -> u64 {
-        RandomState::with_seeds(0, 0, 0, 0).hash_one(self)
+        FixedState::with_seed(1337).hash_one(self)
     }
 
     #[inline]
diff --git a/libafl/src/observers/map/variable_map.rs b/libafl/src/observers/map/variable_map.rs
index ec1a5feda3..5a52dbac69 100644
--- a/libafl/src/observers/map/variable_map.rs
+++ b/libafl/src/observers/map/variable_map.rs
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 use alloc::{borrow::Cow, vec::Vec};
 use core::{
     fmt::Debug,
-    hash::{Hash, Hasher},
+    hash::{BuildHasher, Hash, Hasher},
     ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
 };
 
-use ahash::RandomState;
+use foldhash::fast::FixedState;
 use libafl_bolts::{
     ownedref::{OwnedMutPtr, OwnedMutSlice},
     AsSlice, AsSliceMut, HasLen, Named,
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ where
 
     #[inline]
     fn hash_simple(&self) -> u64 {
-        RandomState::with_seeds(0, 0, 0, 0).hash_one(self)
+        FixedState::with_seed(1337).hash_one(self)
     }
 
     /// Reset the map
diff --git a/libafl/src/observers/value.rs b/libafl/src/observers/value.rs
index 47fcde05a2..3eec4793ac 100644
--- a/libafl/src/observers/value.rs
+++ b/libafl/src/observers/value.rs
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ use alloc::{borrow::Cow, boxed::Box, vec::Vec};
 use core::{
     cell::{Ref, RefCell, RefMut},
     fmt::Debug,
-    hash::{Hash, Hasher},
+    hash::{BuildHasher, Hash, Hasher},
     ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
 };
 
-use ahash::RandomState;
+use foldhash::fast::FixedState;
 use libafl_bolts::{ownedref::OwnedRef, AsIter, AsIterMut, AsSlice, AsSliceMut, HasLen, Named};
 use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Deserialize, Serialize};
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ impl<T> Named for ValueObserver<'_, T> {
 
 impl<T: Hash> ObserverWithHashField for ValueObserver<'_, T> {
     fn hash(&self) -> Option<u64> {
-        Some(RandomState::with_seeds(1, 2, 3, 4).hash_one(self.value.as_ref()))
+        Some(FixedState::with_seed(1337).hash_one(self.value.as_ref()))
     }
 }
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ where
     T: Hash,
 {
     fn hash(&self) -> Option<u64> {
-        Some(RandomState::with_seeds(1, 2, 3, 4).hash_one(&*self.value.as_ref().borrow()))
+        Some(FixedState::with_seed(1337).hash_one(&*self.value.as_ref().borrow()))
     }
 }
 
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ where
     /// Panics if the contained value is already mutably borrowed (calls
     /// [`RefCell::borrow`]).
     fn hash_simple(&self) -> u64 {
-        RandomState::with_seeds(0, 0, 0, 0).hash_one(self)
+        FixedState::with_seed(1337).hash_one(self)
     }
 
     /// Panics if the contained value is already mutably borrowed (calls
diff --git a/libafl/src/stages/tmin.rs b/libafl/src/stages/tmin.rs
index b3e61e07bb..9590696e56 100644
--- a/libafl/src/stages/tmin.rs
+++ b/libafl/src/stages/tmin.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@ use alloc::{
     borrow::{Cow, ToOwned},
     string::ToString,
 };
-use core::{borrow::BorrowMut, fmt::Debug, hash::Hash, marker::PhantomData};
+use core::{
+    borrow::BorrowMut,
+    fmt::Debug,
+    hash::{BuildHasher, Hash},
+    marker::PhantomData,
+};
 
-use ahash::RandomState;
+use foldhash::fast::FixedState;
 use libafl_bolts::{
     tuples::{Handle, Handled, MatchName, MatchNameRef},
     HasLen, Named,
@@ -102,7 +107,7 @@ where
         let mut base = state.current_input_cloned()?;
         // potential post operation if base is replaced by a shorter input
         let mut base_post = None;
-        let base_hash = RandomState::with_seeds(0, 0, 0, 0).hash_one(&base);
+        let base_hash = FixedState::with_seed(1337).hash_one(&base);
         mark_feature_time!(state, PerfFeature::GetInputFromCorpus);
 
         fuzzer.execute_input(state, executor, manager, &base)?;
@@ -181,7 +186,7 @@ where
             i = next_i;
         }
 
-        let new_hash = RandomState::with_seeds(0, 0, 0, 0).hash_one(&base);
+        let new_hash = FixedState::with_seed(1337).hash_one(&base);
         if base_hash != new_hash {
             let exit_kind = fuzzer.execute_input(state, executor, manager, &base)?;
             let observers = executor.observers();
diff --git a/libafl_bolts/Cargo.toml b/libafl_bolts/Cargo.toml
index cf6adcc38a..a6c26035ed 100644
--- a/libafl_bolts/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_bolts/Cargo.toml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ std = [
 ]
 
 ## Enables all features that allocate in `no_std`
-alloc = ["serde/alloc", "hashbrown", "postcard", "erased-serde/alloc", "ahash"]
+alloc = ["serde/alloc", "hashbrown", "postcard", "erased-serde/alloc"]
 
 ## Provide the `#[derive(SerdeAny)]` macro.
 derive = ["libafl_derive"]
@@ -117,68 +117,63 @@ llmp_debug = ["alloc", "std"]
 llmp_small_maps = ["alloc"]
 
 [build-dependencies]
-rustversion = { version = "1.0.17" }
+rustversion = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
 libafl_derive = { version = "0.13.2", optional = true, path = "../libafl_derive" }
 static_assertions = "1.1.0"
 
 tuple_list = { version = "0.1.3" }
-hashbrown = { version = "0.15.0", features = [
+hashbrown = { workspace = true, features = [
   "serde",
-  "default-hasher",
-  "raw-entry",
 ], default-features = false, optional = true } # A faster hashmap, nostd compatible
 xxhash-rust = { version = "0.8.12", features = [
   "xxh3",
 ], optional = true } # xxh3 hashing for rust
-serde = { version = "1.0.210", default-features = false, features = [
+serde = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = [
   "derive",
 ] } # serialization lib
 erased-serde = { version = "0.4.5", default-features = false, optional = true } # erased serde
-postcard = { version = "1.0.10", features = [
-  "alloc",
-], default-features = false, optional = true } # no_std compatible serde serialization format
-num_enum = { version = "0.7.3", default-features = false }
-ahash = { version = "0.8.11", default-features = false, optional = true } # The hash function already used in hashbrown
-foldhash = { version = "0.1.3", default-features = false } # After hashbrown 0.15.0
-backtrace = { version = "0.3.74", default-features = true, optional = true } # Used to get the stacktrace in StacktraceObserver
+postcard = { workspace = true, optional = true } # no_std compatible serde serialization format
+num_enum = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
+foldhash = { workspace = true } #, optional = true } # The hash function already used in hashbrown
+backtrace = { workspace = true, default-features = true, optional = true } # Used to get the stacktrace in StacktraceObserver
 
 ctor = { optional = true, version = "0.2.8" }
 miniz_oxide = { version = "0.8.0", optional = true }
 hostname = { version = "0.4.0", optional = true } # Is there really no gethostname in the stdlib?
 rand_core = { version = "0.6.4", optional = true }
-nix = { version = "0.29.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = [
+nix = { workspace = true, optional = true, default-features = false, features = [
   "fs",
   "signal",
   "socket",
   "poll",
 ] }
-uuid = { version = "1.10.0", optional = true, features = ["serde", "v4"] }
-clap = { version = "4.5.18", features = [
+uuid = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["serde", "v4"] }
+clap = { workspace = true, features = [
   "derive",
   "wrap_help",
 ], optional = true } # CLI parsing, for libafl_bolts::cli / the `cli` feature
-log = { version = "0.4.22" }
+log = { workspace = true }
 pyo3 = { version = "0.22.3", optional = true, features = ["serde", "macros"] }
 
 # optional-dev deps (change when target.'cfg(accessible(::std))'.test-dependencies will be stable)
-serial_test = { version = "3.1.1", optional = true, default-features = false, features = [
+serial_test = { workspace = true, optional = true, default-features = false, features = [
   "logging",
 ] }
 
 # Document all features of this crate (for `cargo doc`)
-document-features = { version = "0.2.10", optional = true }
+document-features = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
-libc = { version = "0.2.59" }                                          # For (*nix) libc
+libc = { workspace = true }                                            # For (*nix) libc
 uds = { version = "0.4.2", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
-windows = { version = "0.58.0", features = [
+windows = { workspace = true, features = [
   "Win32_Foundation",
   "Win32_System_Threading",
   "Win32_System_Diagnostics_Debug",
@@ -191,7 +186,7 @@ windows = { version = "0.58.0", features = [
 windows-result = "0.2.0"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.build-dependencies]
-windows = { version = "0.58.0" }
+windows = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_vendor = "apple")'.dependencies]
 mach = "0.3.2"
diff --git a/libafl_bolts/src/lib.rs b/libafl_bolts/src/lib.rs
index ebfee24327..a736f874c3 100644
--- a/libafl_bolts/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libafl_bolts/src/lib.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ pub mod shmem;
 pub mod staterestore;
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 pub mod subrange;
-// TODO: reenable once ahash works in no-alloc
+// TODO: reenable once/if foldhash works in no-alloc
 #[cfg(any(feature = "xxh3", feature = "alloc"))]
 pub mod tuples;
 
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ pub mod bolts_prelude {
 use alloc::boxed::Box;
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 use alloc::{borrow::Cow, vec::Vec};
-#[cfg(all(not(feature = "xxh3"), feature = "alloc"))]
+use foldhash::fast::FixedState;
+#[cfg(not(feature = "xxh3"))]
 use core::hash::BuildHasher;
-#[cfg(any(feature = "xxh3", feature = "alloc"))]
 use core::hash::Hasher;
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
@@ -158,10 +158,6 @@ use std::{
     panic,
 };
 
-// There's a bug in ahash that doesn't let it build in `alloc` without once_cell right now.
-// TODO: re-enable once <https://github.com/tkaitchuck/aHash/issues/155> is resolved.
-#[cfg(all(not(feature = "xxh3"), feature = "alloc"))]
-use ahash::RandomState;
 use log::SetLoggerError;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 #[cfg(feature = "xxh3")]
@@ -238,13 +234,12 @@ fn display_error_backtrace(_f: &mut fmt::Formatter, _err: &ErrorBacktrace) -> fm
 /// Returns the hasher for the input with a given hash, depending on features:
 /// [`xxh3_64`](https://docs.rs/xxhash-rust/latest/xxhash_rust/xxh3/fn.xxh3_64.html)
 /// if the `xxh3` feature is used, /// else [`ahash`](https://docs.rs/ahash/latest/ahash/).
-#[cfg(any(feature = "xxh3", feature = "alloc"))]
 #[must_use]
 pub fn hasher_std() -> impl Hasher + Clone {
     #[cfg(feature = "xxh3")]
     return xxhash_rust::xxh3::Xxh3::new();
     #[cfg(not(feature = "xxh3"))]
-    RandomState::with_seeds(0, 0, 0, 0).build_hasher()
+    FixedState::with_seed(1337).build_hasher()
 }
 
 /// Hashes the input with a given hash
diff --git a/libafl_bolts/src/staterestore.rs b/libafl_bolts/src/staterestore.rs
index 4607771379..462a8e083e 100644
--- a/libafl_bolts/src/staterestore.rs
+++ b/libafl_bolts/src/staterestore.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use std::{
     ptr::read_volatile,
 };
 
-use ahash::RandomState;
+use foldhash::fast::FixedState;
 use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Serialize};
 
 use crate::{
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ where
 
         if size_of::<StateShMemContent>() + serialized.len() > self.shmem.len() {
             // generate a filename
-            let mut hasher = RandomState::with_seeds(0, 0, 0, 0).build_hasher();
+            let mut hasher = FixedState::with_seed(1337).build_hasher();
             // Using the last few k as randomness for a filename, hoping it's unique.
             hasher.write(&serialized[serialized.len().saturating_sub(4096)..]);
 
diff --git a/libafl_cc/Cargo.toml b/libafl_cc/Cargo.toml
index 1a73bd3a39..e2005f0d3c 100644
--- a/libafl_cc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_cc/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ dump-cfg = []
 profiling = []
 
 [build-dependencies]
-cc = { version = "1.1.21", features = ["parallel"] }
-which = { version = "7.0.0" }
+cc = { workspace = true, features = ["parallel"] }
+which = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_vendor = "apple")'.build-dependencies]
 glob = "0.3.1"
 
 [dependencies]
-serde = { version = "1.0.210", default-features = false, features = [
+serde = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = [
   "alloc",
   "derive",
 ] } # serialization lib
diff --git a/libafl_concolic/symcc_libafl/Cargo.toml b/libafl_concolic/symcc_libafl/Cargo.toml
index 4d3d859c2e..8c1150be55 100644
--- a/libafl_concolic/symcc_libafl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_concolic/symcc_libafl/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ build = ["which", "cmake"]
 clone = ["which"]
 
 [dependencies]
-which = { version = "7.0.0", optional = true }
-cmake = { version = "0.1.51", optional = true }
-log = { version = "0.4.22" }
+which = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+cmake = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+log = { workspace = true }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/libafl_concolic/symcc_runtime/Cargo.toml b/libafl_concolic/symcc_runtime/Cargo.toml
index 4dee260cd8..5484ccf9e4 100644
--- a/libafl_concolic/symcc_runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_concolic/symcc_runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ libafl_bolts = { path = "../../libafl_bolts", version = "0.13.2", default-featur
 
 unchecked_unwrap = "4.0.0"
 ctor = "0.2.8"
-libc = { version = "0.2.59" }
+libc = { workspace = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
-cmake = { version = "0.1.51" }
-bindgen = { version = "0.70.1" }
-regex = { version = "1.10.6" }
-which = { version = "7.0.0" }
+cmake = { workspace = true }
+bindgen = { workspace = true }
+regex = { workspace = true }
+which = { workspace = true }
 symcc_libafl = { path = "../symcc_libafl", version = "0.13.2" }
 
 [lints]
diff --git a/libafl_concolic/test/dump_constraints/Cargo.toml b/libafl_concolic/test/dump_constraints/Cargo.toml
index 53917b07d8..adf42fda92 100644
--- a/libafl_concolic/test/dump_constraints/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_concolic/test/dump_constraints/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ categories = [
 [dependencies]
 libafl = { path = "../../../libafl" }
 libafl_bolts = { path = "../../../libafl_bolts" }
-clap = { version = "4.5.18", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/libafl_frida/Cargo.toml b/libafl_frida/Cargo.toml
index bc5a6180f5..d8eced3a17 100644
--- a/libafl_frida/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_frida/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ track_hit_feedbacks = ["libafl/track_hit_feedbacks"]
 auto-download = ["frida-gum-sys/auto-download", "frida-gum/auto-download"]
 
 [build-dependencies]
-cc = { version = "1.1.21", features = ["parallel"] }
+cc = { workspace = true, features = ["parallel"] }
 
 [dependencies]
 libafl = { path = "../libafl", default-features = false, version = "0.13.2", features = [
@@ -61,11 +61,10 @@ libafl_targets = { path = "../libafl_targets", version = "0.13.2", features = [
   "std",
   "sancov_cmplog",
 ] }
-
-nix = { version = "0.29.0", default-features = true, features = ["mman"] }
-libc = { version = "0.2.59" }
-hashbrown = { version = "0.15.1", default-features = true }
-rangemap = { version = "1.5.1" }
+nix = { workspace = true, default-features = true, features = ["mman"] }
+libc = { workspace = true }
+hashbrown = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
+rangemap = { workspace = true }
 frida-gum-sys = { version = "0.15.1", features = [
   "event-sink",
   "invocation-listener",
@@ -80,28 +79,28 @@ dynasmrt = "3.0.1"
 
 color-backtrace = { version = "0.6.1", features = ["resolve-modules"] }
 termcolor = "1.4.1"
-serde = { version = "1.0.210", default-features = true }
-backtrace = { version = "0.3.74", default-features = false, features = [
+serde = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
+backtrace = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = [
   "std",
   "serde",
 ] }
-num-traits = { version = "0.2.19", default-features = true }
-ahash = { version = "0.8.11", default-features = true } # The hash function already used in hashbrown
-paste = { version = "1.0.15" }
-log = { version = "0.4.22" }
+num-traits = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
+foldhash = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
+paste = { workspace = true }
+log = { workspace = true }
 mmap-rs = "0.6.1"
 bit_reverse = "0.1.8"
 yaxpeax-arch = "0.3.2"
 
-document-features = { version = "0.2.10", optional = true } # Document all features of this crate (for `cargo doc`)
+document-features = { workspace = true, optional = true } # Document all features of this crate (for `cargo doc`)
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-serial_test = { version = "3.1.1", default-features = false, features = [
+serial_test = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = [
   "logging",
 ] }
-clap = { version = "4.5.18", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 libloading = "0.8.5"
-mimalloc = { version = "0.1.43", default-features = false }
+mimalloc = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 dlmalloc = { version = "0.2.6", features = ["global"] }
 
 [lints]
diff --git a/libafl_frida/src/drcov_rt.rs b/libafl_frida/src/drcov_rt.rs
index 4b250cc3c9..b5d8e779f2 100644
--- a/libafl_frida/src/drcov_rt.rs
+++ b/libafl_frida/src/drcov_rt.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::{
     rc::Rc,
 };
 
-use ahash::RandomState;
+use foldhash::fast::FixedState;
 use frida_gum::ModuleMap;
 use libafl::{
     inputs::{HasTargetBytes, Input},
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ impl FridaRuntime for DrCovRuntime {
             return Ok(());
         }
 
-        let mut input_hasher = RandomState::with_seeds(0, 0, 0, 0).build_hasher();
+        let mut input_hasher = FixedState::with_seed(1337).build_hasher();
         input_hasher.write(input.target_bytes().as_slice());
         let input_hash = input_hasher.finish();
 
-        let mut coverage_hasher = RandomState::with_seeds(0, 0, 0, 0).build_hasher();
+        let mut coverage_hasher = FixedState::with_seed(1337).build_hasher();
         for bb in &self.drcov_basic_blocks {
             coverage_hasher.write_usize(bb.start);
             coverage_hasher.write_usize(bb.end);
diff --git a/libafl_libfuzzer/Cargo.toml b/libafl_libfuzzer/Cargo.toml
index b16055ef5e..a578036a1d 100644
--- a/libafl_libfuzzer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_libfuzzer/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ include = ["/src", "/Cargo.toml", "/build.rs", "/runtime"]
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [build-dependencies]
-cc = { version = "1.1.21" }
+cc = "1.0.106"
 rustversion = "1.0.17"
 toml = { version = "0.8.19", features = ["preserve_order"] }
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ libafl-libfuzzer-use-version = []
 
 [dependencies]
 libfuzzer-sys = { version = "0.4.7", default-features = false }
-document-features = { version = "0.2.10", optional = true }
+document-features = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 features = ["document-features"]
diff --git a/libafl_libfuzzer/runtime/Cargo.toml.template b/libafl_libfuzzer/runtime/Cargo.toml.template
index f48773aef2..213a191e43 100644
--- a/libafl_libfuzzer/runtime/Cargo.toml.template
+++ b/libafl_libfuzzer/runtime/Cargo.toml.template
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ libafl_targets = { path = "../libafl_targets", features = [
   "sanitizer_interfaces",
 ] }
 
-ahash = { version = "0.8.11", default-features = false }
+foldhash = { version = "0.1.2", default-features = false }
 libc = "0.2.159"
 log = { version = "0.4.22", features = ["release_max_level_info"] }
 mimalloc = { version = "0.1.43", default-features = false }
@@ -74,9 +74,7 @@ rand = "0.8.5"
 serde = { version = "1.0.210", default-features = true, features = [
   "derive",
 ] } # serialization lib
-hashbrown = { version = "0.14.5", default-features = true, features = [
-  "serde",
-] }
+hashbrown = { version = "0.14.5", default-features = true }
 
 # for identifying if we can grimoire-ify
 utf8-chars = "3.0.4"
diff --git a/libafl_nyx/Cargo.toml b/libafl_nyx/Cargo.toml
index 98f9c4d32f..a81bbac088 100644
--- a/libafl_nyx/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_nyx/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ libafl_targets = { path = "../libafl_targets", version = "0.13.2", features = [
   "sancov_cmplog",
 ] }
 
-nix = { version = "0.29.0", default-features = true, features = ["fs"] }
-typed-builder = { version = "0.20.0" }
+nix = { workspace = true, default-features = true, features = ["fs"] }
+typed-builder = { workspace = true }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/libafl_qemu/Cargo.toml b/libafl_qemu/Cargo.toml
index f84ce72a1e..90ee7abee2 100644
--- a/libafl_qemu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_qemu/Cargo.toml
@@ -101,48 +101,48 @@ libafl_targets = { path = "../libafl_targets", version = "0.13.2" }
 libafl_qemu_sys = { path = "./libafl_qemu_sys", version = "0.13.2", default-features = false }
 libafl_derive = { path = "../libafl_derive", version = "0.13.2" }
 
-serde = { version = "1.0.210", default-features = false, features = [
+serde = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = [
   "alloc",
 ] } # serialization lib
-hashbrown = { version = "0.15.1", default-features = true, features = [
+hashbrown = { workspace = true, default-features = true, features = [
   "serde",
 ] } # A faster hashmap, nostd compatible
-num-traits = { version = "0.2.19", default-features = true }
+num-traits = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 num-derive = "0.4.2"
-num_enum = { version = "0.7.3", default-features = true }
+num_enum = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 goblin = "0.9.2"
-libc = { version = "0.2.59" }
+libc = { workspace = true }
 strum = "0.26.3"
 strum_macros = "0.26.4"
 syscall-numbers = "4.0.0"
-meminterval = { version = "0.4.1" }
+meminterval = { workspace = true }
 thread_local = "1.1.8"
 capstone = "0.12.0"
-rangemap = { version = "1.5.1" }
-log = { version = "0.4.22" }
+rangemap = { workspace = true }
+log = { workspace = true }
 object = "0.36.4"
 addr2line = "0.24.1"
 typed-arena = "2.0.2"
-paste = { version = "1.0.15" }
+paste = { workspace = true }
 enum-map = "2.7.3"
-serde_yaml = { version = "0.9.34", optional = true } # For parsing the injections yaml file
-toml = { version = "0.8.19", optional = true } # For parsing the injections toml file
+serde_yaml = { workspace = true, optional = true } # For parsing the injections yaml file
+toml = { workspace = true, optional = true } # For parsing the injections toml file
 pyo3 = { version = "0.22.3", optional = true, features = [
   "multiple-pymethods",
 ] }
 bytes-utils = "0.1.4"
-typed-builder = { version = "0.20.0" }
+typed-builder = { workspace = true }
 memmap2 = "0.9.5"
 getset = "0.1.3"
 # Document all features of this crate (for `cargo doc`)
-document-features = { version = "0.2.10", optional = true }
+document-features = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 libafl_qemu_build = { path = "./libafl_qemu_build", version = "0.13.2" }
 pyo3-build-config = { version = "0.22.3", optional = true }
-rustversion = { version = "1.0.17" }
-bindgen = { version = "0.70.1" }
-cc = { version = "1.1.21" }
+rustversion = { workspace = true }
+bindgen = { workspace = true }
+cc = { workspace = true }
 
 [lib]
 name = "libafl_qemu"
diff --git a/libafl_qemu/libafl_qemu_build/Cargo.toml b/libafl_qemu/libafl_qemu_build/Cargo.toml
index 4c25c2fb69..ed4771eafa 100644
--- a/libafl_qemu/libafl_qemu_build/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_qemu/libafl_qemu_build/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ paranoid_debug = [
 ] # Will perform as many checks as possible. The target will be greatly slowed down.
 
 [dependencies]
-bindgen = { version = "0.70.1" }
-which = { version = "7.0.0" }
+bindgen = { workspace = true }
+which = { workspace = true }
 json = "0.12.4"
 shell-words = "1.1.0"
 pkg-config = "0.3.31"
-cc = { version = "1.1.21" }
-regex = { version = "1.10.6" }
-rustversion = { version = "1.0.17" }
+cc = { workspace = true }
+regex = { workspace = true }
+rustversion = { workspace = true }
 rustc_version = "0.4.1"
 
 [lints]
diff --git a/libafl_qemu/libafl_qemu_sys/Cargo.toml b/libafl_qemu/libafl_qemu_sys/Cargo.toml
index 240758a629..5d89ebf1e5 100644
--- a/libafl_qemu/libafl_qemu_sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_qemu/libafl_qemu_sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,17 +58,17 @@ paranoid_debug = [
 ] # Will perform as many checks as possible. The target will be greatly slowed down.
 
 [dependencies]
-paste = { version = "1.0.15" }
-num_enum = { version = "0.7.3", default-features = true }
-libc = { version = "0.2.59" }
-strum = { version = "0.26.3" }
-strum_macros = { version = "0.26.4" }
+paste = { workspace = true }
+num_enum = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
+libc = { workspace = true }
+strum = { workspace = true }
+strum_macros = { workspace = true }
 pyo3 = { version = "0.22.3", optional = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 libafl_qemu_build = { path = "../libafl_qemu_build", version = "0.13.2" }
 pyo3-build-config = { version = "0.22.3", optional = true }
-rustversion = { version = "1.0.17" }
+rustversion = { workspace = true }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/libafl_sugar/Cargo.toml b/libafl_sugar/Cargo.toml
index 1aa72c9758..399a825103 100644
--- a/libafl_sugar/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_sugar/Cargo.toml
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ libafl_bolts = { path = "../libafl_bolts", version = "0.13.2" }
 libafl_targets = { path = "../libafl_targets", version = "0.13.2" }
 
 # Document all features of this crate (for `cargo doc`)
-document-features = { version = "0.2.10", optional = true }
+document-features = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
-typed-builder = { version = "0.20.0" }         # Implement the builder pattern at compiletime
+typed-builder = { workspace = true }           # Implement the builder pattern at compiletime
 pyo3 = { version = "0.22.3", optional = true }
-log = { version = "0.4.22" }
+log = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 libafl_qemu = { path = "../libafl_qemu", version = "0.13.2" }
diff --git a/libafl_targets/Cargo.toml b/libafl_targets/Cargo.toml
index 8ec5dd3496..5a7b6aed62 100644
--- a/libafl_targets/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_targets/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ sancov_cmplog = [
 sancov_pcguard = ["sancov_pcguard_hitcounts"]
 sanitizer_interfaces = []
 clippy = [] # Ignore compiler warnings during clippy
-observers = ["meminterval", "ahash"]
+observers = ["meminterval", "foldhash"]
 common = [
 ] # Compile common C code defining sanitizer options and cross-platform intrinsics
 coverage = ["common"] # Compile C code definining coverage maps
@@ -74,18 +74,18 @@ libafl = { path = "../libafl", version = "0.13.2", default-features = false, fea
 ] }
 libafl_bolts = { path = "../libafl_bolts", version = "0.13.2", default-features = false, features = [
 ] }
-libc = { version = "0.2.59" }
-hashbrown = { version = "0.15.1", default-features = true }
+libc = { workspace = true }
+hashbrown = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 once_cell = "1.19.0"
-log = { version = "0.4.22" }
-rustversion = { version = "1.0.17" }
+log = { workspace = true }
+rustversion = { workspace = true }
 
-rangemap = { version = "1.5.1" }
-serde = { version = "1.0.210", default-features = false, features = [
+rangemap = { workspace = true }
+serde = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = [
   "alloc",
 ] } # serialization lib
-meminterval = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["serde"], optional = true }
-ahash = { version = "0.8.11", default-features = false, optional = true }
+meminterval = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"], optional = true }
+foldhash = { workspace = true, default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/libafl_targets/src/sancov_8bit.rs b/libafl_targets/src/sancov_8bit.rs
index b4ef07bcde..0c82a0d0d8 100644
--- a/libafl_targets/src/sancov_8bit.rs
+++ b/libafl_targets/src/sancov_8bit.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ mod observers {
         slice::{from_raw_parts, Iter, IterMut},
     };
 
-    use ahash::RandomState;
+    use foldhash::fast::FixedState;
     use libafl::{
         observers::{DifferentialObserver, MapObserver, Observer},
         Error,
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ mod observers {
 
         #[inline]
         fn hash_simple(&self) -> u64 {
-            RandomState::with_seeds(0, 0, 0, 0).hash_one(self)
+            FixedState::with_seed(1337).hash_one(self)
         }
 
         fn reset_map(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
diff --git a/libafl_tinyinst/Cargo.toml b/libafl_tinyinst/Cargo.toml
index 6d1d9f1f78..b3c1e48f5e 100644
--- a/libafl_tinyinst/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_tinyinst/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ libafl_bolts = { path = "../libafl_bolts", version = "0.13.2", features = [
 ] }
 tinyinst = { git = "https://github.com/AFLplusplus/tinyinst-rs" }
 # tinyinst-rs = { path = "../../tinyinst-rs" }
-log = { version = "0.4.22" }
+log = { workspace = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
-cmake = { version = "0.1.51" }
+cmake = { workspace = true }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/utils/deexit/Cargo.toml b/utils/deexit/Cargo.toml
index e3446888fb..f15b0e0cf5 100644
--- a/utils/deexit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/deexit/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ categories = [
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-log = { version = "0.4.22" }
+log = { workspace = true }
 
 [lib]
 name = "deexit"
diff --git a/utils/desyscall/Cargo.toml b/utils/desyscall/Cargo.toml
index 5cd13f2065..c6a5bce7f4 100644
--- a/utils/desyscall/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/desyscall/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ libc = "0.2"
 rusty-fork = "0.3.0"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-cc = { version = "1.1.21" }
+cc = "1"
 
 [lib]
 name = "desyscall"
diff --git a/utils/gramatron/construct_automata/Cargo.toml b/utils/gramatron/construct_automata/Cargo.toml
index 4ab30d371d..75d4b5e677 100644
--- a/utils/gramatron/construct_automata/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/gramatron/construct_automata/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ categories = [
 
 [dependencies]
 libafl = { path = "../../../libafl", default-features = false }
-serde_json = { version = "1.0.128", default-features = true }
-regex = { version = "1.10.6" }
-postcard = { version = "1.0.10", features = [
+serde_json = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
+regex = { workspace = true }
+postcard = { workspace = true, features = [
   "alloc",
 ], default-features = false } # no_std compatible serde serialization format
-clap = { version = "4.5.18", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/utils/libafl_benches/Cargo.toml b/utils/libafl_benches/Cargo.toml
index ceaa2ab6c0..7909837e60 100644
--- a/utils/libafl_benches/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/libafl_benches/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ libafl_bolts = { path = "../../libafl_bolts", default-features = false, features
 ] } # libafl_bolts
 
 criterion = "0.5.1" # Benchmarking
-ahash = { version = "0.8.11", default-features = false } # The hash function already used in hashbrown
+foldhash = { workspace = true, default-features = false } # The hash function already used in hashbrown
 rustc-hash = { version = "2.0.0", default-features = false } # yet another hash
 xxhash-rust = { version = "0.8.12", features = [
   "xxh3",
diff --git a/utils/libafl_benches/benches/hash_speeds.rs b/utils/libafl_benches/benches/hash_speeds.rs
index a929a6a51e..b742b72104 100644
--- a/utils/libafl_benches/benches/hash_speeds.rs
+++ b/utils/libafl_benches/benches/hash_speeds.rs
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
     /*c.bench_function("const_xxh3", |b| {
         b.iter(|| const_xxh3::xxh3_64_with_seed(black_box(&bench_vec), 0))
     });*/
-    c.bench_function("ahash", |b| {
+    c.bench_function("foldhash", |b| {
         b.iter(|| {
-            let mut hasher = ahash::RandomState::with_seeds(123, 456, 789, 123).build_hasher();
+            let mut hasher =
+                foldhash::fast::FixedState::with_seeds(123, 456, 789, 123).build_hasher();
             hasher.write(black_box(&bench_vec));
             black_box(hasher.finish());
         });
diff --git a/utils/libafl_jumper/Cargo.toml b/utils/libafl_jumper/Cargo.toml
index ebf3c263da..9a97fdb707 100644
--- a/utils/libafl_jumper/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/libafl_jumper/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ default = ["std"]
 std = []
 
 [build-dependencies]
-cc = { version = "1.1.21" }
+cc = "1"
 
 [dependencies]
 hex = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }