diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fdaa5e91590..e7fcaa2dd97 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2444,9 +2444,9 @@ checksum = "b5e6163cb8c49088c2c36f57875e58ccd8c87c7427f7fbd50ea6710b2f3f2e8f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lz4_flex"
-version = "0.10.0"
+version = "0.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8b8c72594ac26bfd34f2d99dfced2edfaddfe8a476e3ff2ca0eb293d925c4f83"
+checksum = "3ea9b256699eda7b0387ffbc776dd625e28bde3918446381781245b7a50349d8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "malloc_buf"
@@ -3082,15 +3082,14 @@ checksum = "f89dff0959d98c9758c88826cc002e2c3d0b9dfac4139711d1f30de442f1139b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "puffin"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.17.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "76425abd4e1a0ad4bd6995dd974b52f414fca9974171df8e3708b3e660d05a21"
+checksum = "39009d69b9d547c3ffa974a20648fa02f447c05bd0a664012b1ba5a5b06fb14e"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bincode",
  "byteorder",
  "cfg-if",
- "instant",
  "lz4_flex",
  "once_cell",
  "parking_lot",
@@ -3099,9 +3098,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "puffin_http"
-version = "0.13.0"
+version = "0.14.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "13bffc600c35913d282ae1e96a6ffcdf36dc7a7cdb9310e0ba15914d258c8193"
+checksum = "540d042ff82a4f4543fb2e44cf0221ba8b7d6fb7b16979840449a5ddc087486f"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "crossbeam-channel",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2391820a0f4..e25b84d88bc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ opt-level = 2 # fast and small wasm, basically same as `opt-level = 's'`
 opt-level = 2
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
+puffin = "0.17"
 thiserror = "1.0.37"
+
 wgpu = "0.18.0"
 # Use this to build wgpu with WebGL support on the Web *instead* of using WebGPU.
 #wgpu = { version = "0.18.0", features = ["webgl"] }
diff --git a/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml b/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml
index f59c897dbc6..ef55b1d54f6 100644
--- a/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ pollster = { version = "0.3", optional = true } # needed for wgpu
 # this can be done at the same time we expose x11/wayland features of winit crate.
 glutin = { version = "0.30", optional = true }
 glutin-winit = { version = "0.3.0", optional = true }
-puffin = { version = "0.16", optional = true }
+puffin = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 wgpu = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 # mac:
diff --git a/crates/egui-wgpu/Cargo.toml b/crates/egui-wgpu/Cargo.toml
index 3b7547cb223..ce6c2aa7c5b 100644
--- a/crates/egui-wgpu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/egui-wgpu/Cargo.toml
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@ winit = { version = "0.28", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 # Native:
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
-puffin = { version = "0.16", optional = true }
+puffin = { workspace = true, optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/egui-winit/Cargo.toml b/crates/egui-winit/Cargo.toml
index 8c5550def17..4e687ee2856 100644
--- a/crates/egui-winit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/egui-winit/Cargo.toml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ accesskit_winit = { version = "0.15.0", optional = true }
 ## Enable this when generating docs.
 document-features = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 
-puffin = { version = "0.16", optional = true }
+puffin = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0", optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
 webbrowser = { version = "0.8.3", optional = true }
 
diff --git a/crates/egui/Cargo.toml b/crates/egui/Cargo.toml
index 5a650612571..b96c5f8453f 100644
--- a/crates/egui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/egui/Cargo.toml
@@ -93,6 +93,6 @@ backtrace = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 document-features = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 
 log = { version = "0.4", optional = true, features = ["std"] }
-puffin = { version = "0.16", optional = true }
+puffin = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 ron = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1", optional = true, features = ["derive", "rc"] }
diff --git a/crates/egui_extras/Cargo.toml b/crates/egui_extras/Cargo.toml
index 5712a16b21a..c30d0b18769 100644
--- a/crates/egui_extras/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/egui_extras/Cargo.toml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ image = { version = "0.24", optional = true, default-features = false }
 # file feature
 mime_guess2 = { version = "2", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
-puffin = { version = "0.16", optional = true }
+puffin = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 syntect = { version = "5", optional = true, default-features = false, features = [
   "default-fancy",
diff --git a/crates/egui_glow/Cargo.toml b/crates/egui_glow/Cargo.toml
index 1f52b9b1db7..63a88c064d5 100644
--- a/crates/egui_glow/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/egui_glow/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ document-features = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 # Native:
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
 egui-winit = { version = "0.23.0", path = "../egui-winit", optional = true, default-features = false }
-puffin = { version = "0.16", optional = true }
+puffin = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 # Web:
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
diff --git a/examples/puffin_profiler/Cargo.toml b/examples/puffin_profiler/Cargo.toml
index 334fb48f79a..0df75c539e4 100644
--- a/examples/puffin_profiler/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/puffin_profiler/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ eframe = { path = "../../crates/eframe", features = [
     "__screenshot", # __screenshot is so we can dump a screenshot using EFRAME_SCREENSHOT_TO
 ] }
 env_logger = "0.10"
-puffin = "0.16"
-puffin_http = "0.13"
+puffin = "0.17"
+puffin_http = "0.14"