diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9bd3c5148..c9a579b04 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ ctor = "0.2.0"
 dashmap = "5.2.0"
 eyeball = "0.7.0"
 eyeball-im = "0.2.0"
+futures-core = "0.3.28"
 futures-executor = "0.3.21"
 futures-util = { version = "0.3.26", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 http = "0.2.6"
diff --git a/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/Cargo.toml b/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/Cargo.toml
index 35dce273b..a7950927c 100644
--- a/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ base64 = "0.21"
 eyeball = { workspace = true }
 eyeball-im = { workspace = true }
 extension-trait = "1.0.1"
-futures-core = "0.3.17"
-futures-util = { version = "0.3.17", default-features = false }
+futures-core = { workspace = true }
+futures-util = { workspace = true }
 matrix-sdk-ui = { path = "../../crates/matrix-sdk-ui", features = ["experimental-sliding-sync"] }
 mime = "0.3.16"
 # FIXME: we currently can't feature flag anything in the api.udl, therefore we must enforce experimental-sliding-sync being exposed here..
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk-common/Cargo.toml b/crates/matrix-sdk-common/Cargo.toml
index d038d84d6..8941690f5 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk-common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "wasm32-unknown-unknown"]
 js = ["instant/wasm-bindgen", "instant/inaccurate", "wasm-bindgen-futures"]
 
 [dependencies]
-futures-core = "0.3.21"
+futures-core = { workspace = true }
 instant = "0.1.12"
 ruma = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/Cargo.toml b/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/Cargo.toml
index 90a4d249c..d2274b142 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ byteorder = { workspace = true }
 ctr = "0.9.1"
 dashmap = { workspace = true }
 eyeball = { workspace = true }
-futures-core = "0.3.24"
+futures-core = { workspace = true }
 futures-util = { workspace = true }
 hmac = "0.12.1"
 http = { workspace = true, optional = true } # feature = testing only
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk-sled/Cargo.toml b/crates/matrix-sdk-sled/Cargo.toml
index eae28400d..5fb9e1030 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk-sled/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk-sled/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ docsrs = [
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 fs_extra = "1.2.0"
-futures-core = "0.3.21"
+futures-core = { workspace = true }
 futures-util = { workspace = true }
 matrix-sdk-base = { version = "0.6.0", path = "../matrix-sdk-base", optional = true }
 matrix-sdk-crypto = { version = "0.6.0", path = "../matrix-sdk-crypto", optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/Cargo.toml b/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/Cargo.toml
index 1f80fc21a..5a9780a41 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ experimental-sliding-sync = ["matrix-sdk/experimental-sliding-sync"]
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 chrono = "0.4.23"
 eyeball-im = { workspace = true }
-futures-core = "0.3.21"
+futures-core = { workspace = true }
 futures-util = { workspace = true }
 imbl = { version = "2.0.0", features = ["serde"] }
 indexmap = "1.9.1"
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/Cargo.toml b/crates/matrix-sdk/Cargo.toml
index 3af79985a..f94b53cd6 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ event-listener = "2.5.2"
 eyeball = { workspace = true }
 eyeball-im = { workspace = true }
 eyre = { version = "0.6.8", optional = true }
-futures-core = "0.3.21"
+futures-core = { workspace = true }
 futures-util = { workspace = true }
 http = { workspace = true }
 imbl = { version = "2.0.0", features = ["serde"] }