diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml.in b/rust/Cargo.toml.in
index 37fb990e73..3a0bf8cd96 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml.in
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml.in
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ brotli = "~8.0.1"
 # clap 4.5.58 requires clap_lex 1 which requires edition2024
 clap = { version = "=4.5.57", default-features = false, features = ["std", "derive", "help", "usage"] }
 once_cell = "1.21.3"
+regex = "~1.5.6"
 
 [lib]
 crate-type = ["staticlib", "rlib"]
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ sha2 = "~0.10.9"
 digest = "~0.10.7"
 sha1 = "~0.10.6"
 md-5 = "~0.10.6"
-regex = "~1.5.6"
+regex.workspace = true
 lazy_static = "~1.5.0"
 base64 = "~0.22.1"
 bendy = { version = "~0.3.3", default-features = false }
diff --git a/rust/suricatactl/Cargo.toml.in b/rust/suricatactl/Cargo.toml.in
index 0a70d6c350..b7fe9dbfd0 100644
--- a/rust/suricatactl/Cargo.toml.in
+++ b/rust/suricatactl/Cargo.toml.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ description = "Suricata control tools"
 name = "suricatactl"
 
 [dependencies]
-regex = "~1.5.6"
+regex.workspace = true
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
 once_cell.workspace = true