diff --git a/.cargo-husky/hooks/pre-push b/.cargo-husky/hooks/pre-push
index 85499f7c..a923cf52 100755
--- a/.cargo-husky/hooks/pre-push
+++ b/.cargo-husky/hooks/pre-push
@@ -48,3 +48,6 @@ cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
 
 echo "### cargo doc --all-features --no-deps ###"
 RUSTDOCFLAGS="-D rustdoc::all -A rustdoc::private_intra_doc_links" cargo doc --all-features --no-deps
+
+echo "### cargo minimal-versions check --direct --all-features ###"
+cargo minimal-versions check --direct --all-features --no-dev-deps
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2382bfca..3e91401d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ otel = ["dep:opentelemetry", "dep:opentelemetry_sdk", "dep:opentelemetry-otlp",
 # We only support `toml` configs currently, and one of the default features (`rust-ini`) pulls in a dependency
 # that breaks the coverage build on nightly.
 config = { version = "0.14.0", default-features = false, features = ["toml", "convert-case"] }
-dotenvy = "0.15.7"
+dotenvy = "0.15.5"
 
 # Tracing
-tracing = { version = "0.1.40", features = ["async-await"] }
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", features = ["env-filter"] }
+tracing = { workspace = true }
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17", features = ["env-filter"] }
 opentelemetry-semantic-conventions = "0.15.0"
 opentelemetry = { version = "0.23.0", features = ["trace", "metrics", "logs"], optional = true }
 opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.23.0", features = ["tokio", "rt-tokio", "metrics", "logs", "trace"], optional = true }
@@ -42,59 +42,56 @@ opentelemetry-otlp = { version = "0.16.0", features = ["metrics", "trace", "logs
 tracing-opentelemetry = { version = "0.24.0", features = ["metrics"], optional = true }
 
 # Controllers
-axum = { version = "0.7.5", optional = true }
-axum-extra = { version = "0.9.3", features = ["typed-header"], optional = true }
+axum = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+axum-extra = { version = "0.9.0", features = ["typed-header"], optional = true }
 tower = { version = "0.4.13", optional = true }
-tower-http = { version = "0.5.2", features = ["trace", "timeout", "request-id", "util", "normalize-path", "sensitive-headers", "catch-panic", "compression-full", "decompression-full", "limit"], optional = true }
-aide = { version = "0.13.4", features = ["axum", "redoc", "scalar", "macros"], optional = true }
-schemars = { version = "0.8.21", optional = true }
+tower-http = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["trace", "timeout", "request-id", "util", "normalize-path", "sensitive-headers", "catch-panic", "compression-full", "decompression-full", "limit"], optional = true }
+aide = { workspace = true, features = ["axum", "redoc", "scalar", "macros"], optional = true }
+schemars = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 # DB
 sea-orm = { version = "1.0.0-rc.5", features = ["debug-print", "runtime-tokio-rustls", "sqlx-postgres", "macros"], optional = true }
 sea-orm-migration = { version = "1.0.0-rc.5", features = ["runtime-tokio-rustls", "sqlx-postgres"], optional = true }
 
 # Workers
-# Todo: the default `rss-stats` feature has a dependency that currently can't be satisfied (memchr: ~2.3)
-rusty-sidekiq = { version = "0.10.5", default-features = false, optional = true }
-bb8 = { version = "0.8.3", optional = true }
-num_cpus = { version = "1.16.0", optional = true }
+rusty-sidekiq = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+bb8 = { version = "0.8.0", optional = true }
+num_cpus = { version = "1.13.0", optional = true }
 
 # Rust async
-# Todo: minimize tokio features included in `roadster`
-tokio = { version = "1.38.0", features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { workspace = true }
 # For CancellationToken
-tokio-util = { version = "0.7.11" }
-async-trait = "0.1.80"
+tokio-util = { version = "0.7.10" }
+async-trait = { workspace = true }
 
 # Auth
-jsonwebtoken = { version = "9.3.0", optional = true }
+jsonwebtoken = { version = "9.0.0", optional = true }
 
 # CLI
-clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["derive", "string"], optional = true }
+clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive", "string"], optional = true }
 
 # Others
-anyhow = "1.0.86"
-serde = "1.0.203"
-serde_derive = "1.0.203"
+anyhow = { workspace = true }
+serde = { workspace = true }
+serde_derive = "1.0.184"
 serde_with = { version = "3.8.1", features = ["macros", "chrono_0_4"] }
 strum = "0.26.2"
 strum_macros = "0.26.2"
 itertools = "0.13.0"
-serde_json = "1.0.117"
-toml = "0.8.13"
-url = { version = "2.5.0", features = ["serde"] }
-uuid = { version = "1.8.0", features = ["v4", "serde"] }
-futures-core = "0.3.30"
-chrono = { version = "0.4.38", features = ["serde"] }
-byte-unit = { version = "5.1.4", features = ["serde"] }
+serde_json = "1.0.85"
+toml = "0.8.0"
+url = { version = "2.2.2", features = ["serde"] }
+uuid = { version = "1.1.2", features = ["v4", "serde"] }
+futures = "0.3.19"
+futures-core = "0.3.19"
+chrono = { version = "0.4.34", features = ["serde"] }
+byte-unit = { version = "5.0.0", features = ["serde"] }
 convert_case = "0.6.0"
-const_format = "0.2.32"
-typed-builder = "0.18.2"
-num-traits = "0.2.19"
-log = "0.4.21"
-futures = "0.3.30"
-validator = { version = "0.18.1", features = ["derive"] }
-thiserror = "1.0.61"
+const_format = "0.2.0"
+typed-builder = "0.18.0"
+num-traits = "0.2.14"
+validator = { version = "0.18.0", features = ["derive"] }
+thiserror = "1.0.35"
 # Add latest version of `time` to resolve a build error on nightly
 # https://github.com/time-rs/time/issues/681
 time = "0.3.36"
@@ -109,6 +106,21 @@ rstest = "0.20.0"
 [workspace]
 members = [".", "examples/*"]
 
+[workspace.dependencies]
+# Todo: minimize tokio features included in `roadster`
+tokio = { version = "1.28.0", features = ["full"] }
+anyhow = "1.0.46"
+tracing = { version = "0.1.40", features = ["async-await"] }
+async-trait = "0.1.74"
+aide = { version = "0.13.4", features = ["axum"] }
+axum = "0.7.4"
+schemars = "0.8.16"
+clap = { version = "4.3.0", features = ["derive"] }
+
+# Todo: the default `rss-stats` feature has a dependency that currently can't be satisfied (memchr: ~2.3)
+rusty-sidekiq = { version = "0.10.5", default-features = false }
+serde = { version = "1.0.184", features = ["derive"] }
+
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 # Have docs.rs pass `--all-features` to ensure all features have their documentation built.
 all-features = true
diff --git a/examples/minimal/Cargo.toml b/examples/minimal/Cargo.toml
index d7cd80a1..906ba836 100644
--- a/examples/minimal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/minimal/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,25 +8,22 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 roadster = { version = "0.2", path = "../.." }
-tokio = { version = "1.38.0", features = ["full"] }
-anyhow = "1.0.86"
-tracing = { version = "0.1.40", features = ["async-await"] }
-async-trait = "0.1.80"
-aide = { version = "0.13.4", features = ["axum"] }
-axum = "0.7.5"
-schemars = "0.8.21"
+tokio = { workspace = true }
+anyhow = { workspace = true }
+tracing = { workspace = true }
+async-trait = { workspace = true }
+aide = { workspace = true }
+axum = { workspace = true }
+schemars = { workspace = true }
 
 # DB
 entity = { path = "entity" }
 migration = { path = "migration" }
-clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.3.0", features = ["derive"] }
 
 # The default `rss-stats` feature has a dependency that currently can't be satisfied (memchr: ~2.3)
 rusty-sidekiq = { version = "0.10.5", default-features = false }
-serde = { version = "1.0.203", features = ["derive"] }
-
-[dev-dependencies]
-cargo-husky = { version = "1.5.0", features = ["default", "run-cargo-check", "run-cargo-clippy", "run-cargo-fmt", "run-cargo-test"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0.184", features = ["derive"] }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "minimal"
diff --git a/examples/minimal/migration/Cargo.toml b/examples/minimal/migration/Cargo.toml
index e82fa557..242da68e 100644
--- a/examples/minimal/migration/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/minimal/migration/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ name = "migration"
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-tokio = { version = "1.38.0", features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies.sea-orm-migration]
 version = "1.0.0-rc.5"