diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b10883e1441..3940ebc2b4c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ futures = "0.3.30"
 futures-bounded = { version = "0.2.4" }
 futures-rustls = { version = "0.26.0", default-features = false }
 getrandom = "0.2"
+if-watch = "3.2.1"
 hickory-proto = { version = "0.25.0-alpha.4", default-features = false }
 hickory-resolver = { version = "0.25.0-alpha.4", default-features = false }
 multiaddr = "0.18.1"
diff --git a/protocols/mdns/Cargo.toml b/protocols/mdns/Cargo.toml
index ba86a82d5bb..e8fee81e98d 100644
--- a/protocols/mdns/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/mdns/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 async-std  = { version = "1.12.0", optional = true }
 async-io  = { version = "2.3.3", optional = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
-if-watch = "3.2.0"
+if-watch = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-core = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-swarm = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-identity = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/transports/quic/Cargo.toml b/transports/quic/Cargo.toml
index 1c35b293049..c0d4f17a916 100644
--- a/transports/quic/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transports/quic/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 async-std = { version = "1.12.0", optional = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 futures-timer = "3.0.3"
-if-watch = "3.2.0"
+if-watch = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-core = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-tls = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-identity = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/transports/tcp/Cargo.toml b/transports/tcp/Cargo.toml
index 93078d0db30..73c25d85d48 100644
--- a/transports/tcp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transports/tcp/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 async-io = { version = "2.3.3", optional = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 futures-timer = "3.0"
-if-watch = "3.2.0"
+if-watch = { workspace = true }
 libc = "0.2.155"
 libp2p-core = { workspace = true }
 socket2 = { version = "0.5.7", features = ["all"] }
diff --git a/transports/webrtc/Cargo.toml b/transports/webrtc/Cargo.toml
index d43be5720d4..41dec91ba43 100644
--- a/transports/webrtc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transports/webrtc/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ async-trait = "0.1"
 futures = { workspace = true }
 futures-timer = "3"
 hex = "0.4"
-if-watch = "3.2"
+if-watch = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-core = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-noise = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-identity = { workspace = true }