diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml.in b/rust/Cargo.toml.in
index 4813d756a6..dec0405b13 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml.in
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml.in
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ license = "GPL-2.0-only"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.85.0"
 
+[workspace.dependencies]
+brotli = "~8.0.1"
+
 [lib]
 crate-type = ["staticlib", "rlib"]
 name = "suricata"
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ num-derive = "~0.4.2"
 num-traits = "~0.2.19"
 widestring = "~0.4.3"
 flate2 = { version = "~1.0.35", features = ["zlib"] }
-brotli = "~8.0.1"
+brotli.workspace = true
 zstd = { version = "~0.13.3", default-features = false, features = ["arrays", "zdict_builder"] }
 hkdf = "~0.12.4"
 aes = "~0.8.4"
diff --git a/rust/htp/Cargo.toml.in b/rust/htp/Cargo.toml.in
index 0f9f20ce1d..9f3c6a45e1 100644
--- a/rust/htp/Cargo.toml.in
+++ b/rust/htp/Cargo.toml.in
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ libc = "0.2"
 nom = "8.0.0"
 lzma-rs = { version = "0.2.0", features = ["stream"] }
 flate2 = { version = "~1.0.35", features = ["zlib-default"], default-features = false }
-brotli = "~8.0.1"
+brotli.workspace = true
 zstd = { version = "~0.13.3",  default-features = false, features = ["arrays", "zdict_builder"] }
 lazy_static = "1.5.0"
 time = "~0.3.41"