diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ace374a3..0ae0b41e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ nucleo = "0.5.0"
 slotmap = "1.0.7"
 thiserror = "2.0"
 tempfile = "3.15.0"
+bitflags = "2.7"
 
 [workspace.package]
 version = "25.1.0"
diff --git a/helix-core/Cargo.toml b/helix-core/Cargo.toml
index 5dea37b0..b8821c41 100644
--- a/helix-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ tree-sitter.workspace = true
 once_cell = "1.20"
 arc-swap = "1"
 regex = "1"
-bitflags = "2.7"
+bitflags.workspace = true
 ahash = "0.8.11"
 hashbrown = { version = "0.14.5", features = ["raw"] }
 dunce = "1.0"
diff --git a/helix-lsp-types/Cargo.toml b/helix-lsp-types/Cargo.toml
index e863da8d..9f9900fe 100644
--- a/helix-lsp-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-lsp-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ keywords = ["language", "server", "lsp", "vscode", "lsif"]
 license = "MIT"
 
 [dependencies]
-bitflags = "2.7.0"
+bitflags.workspace = true
 serde = { version = "1.0.217", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.135"
 serde_repr = "0.1"
diff --git a/helix-stdx/Cargo.toml b/helix-stdx/Cargo.toml
index b9102cec..d575a28f 100644
--- a/helix-stdx/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-stdx/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ etcetera = "0.8"
 ropey = { version = "1.6.1", default-features = false }
 which = "7.0"
 regex-cursor = "0.1.4"
-bitflags = "2.7"
+bitflags.workspace = true
 once_cell = "1.19"
 regex-automata = "0.4.9"
 
diff --git a/helix-tui/Cargo.toml b/helix-tui/Cargo.toml
index 6da97aad..97765800 100644
--- a/helix-tui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-tui/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ default = ["crossterm"]
 helix-view = { path = "../helix-view", features = ["term"] }
 helix-core = { path = "../helix-core" }
 
-bitflags = "2.7"
+bitflags.workspace = true
 cassowary = "0.3"
 unicode-segmentation = "1.12"
 crossterm = { version = "0.28", optional = true }
diff --git a/helix-view/Cargo.toml b/helix-view/Cargo.toml
index 268fb732..b40f2589 100644
--- a/helix-view/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-view/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ helix-lsp = { path = "../helix-lsp" }
 helix-dap = { path = "../helix-dap" }
 helix-vcs = { path = "../helix-vcs" }
 
-bitflags = "2.7"
+bitflags.workspace = true
 anyhow = "1"
 crossterm = { version = "0.28", optional = true }