diff --git a/.github/workflows/xfstests.yml b/.github/workflows/xfstests.yml
index 532ff0b15..e5e391be9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/xfstests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/xfstests.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         override: true
     - name: Build passthrough binary
       run: |
-        cd tests/passthrough
-        cargo build --release
+        cargo build --release -p passthrough
         sudo install -t /usr/sbin/ -m 700 ./target/release/passthrough
     - name: Setup and run xfstest
       run: |
@@ -45,8 +44,7 @@ jobs:
         override: true
     - name: Build overlay binary
       run: |
-        cd tests/overlay
-        cargo build --release
+        cargo build --release -p overlay
         sudo install -t /usr/sbin/ -m 700 ./target/release/overlay
     - name: Setup and run xfstest
       run: |
@@ -66,8 +64,7 @@ jobs:
         override: true
     - name: Build overlay binary
       run: |
-        cd tests/overlay
-        cargo build --release
+        cargo build --release -p overlay
         sudo install -t /usr/sbin/ -m 700 ./target/release/overlay
     - name: Setup and run unionmount testsuite
       run: |
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e7768720c..7fba40f7d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,20 @@ repository = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/fuse-backend-rs"
 homepage = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/"
 build = "build.rs"
 
+[workspace]
+members = [
+    "tests/passthrough",
+    "tests/overlay",
+]
+
+[workspace.dependencies]
+# rust-vmm crates
+vhost = "0.11.0"
+virtio-bindings = "=0.2.4"
+virtio-queue = "0.12.0"
+vm-memory = "0.14.1"
+vmm-sys-util = "0.12.1"
+
 [dependencies]
 arc-swap = "1.5"
 async-trait = { version = "0.1.42", optional = true }
@@ -30,11 +44,11 @@ nix = "0.24"
 radix_trie = "0.2.1"
 tokio = { version = "1", optional = true }
 tokio-uring = { version = "0.4.0", optional = true }
-vmm-sys-util = { version = "0.12.1", optional = true }
-vm-memory = { version = "0.14.1", features = ["backend-mmap"] }
-virtio-bindings = { version = "=0.2.4", optional = true }
-virtio-queue = { version = "0.12.0", optional = true }
-vhost = { version = "0.11.0", features = ["vhost-user","vhost-user-backend"], optional = true }
+vmm-sys-util = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+vm-memory = { workspace = true, features = ["backend-mmap"] }
+virtio-bindings = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+virtio-queue = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+vhost = { workspace = true, features = ["vhost-user","vhost-user-backend"], optional = true }
 versionize_derive = { version = "0.1.6", optional = true }
 versionize = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true }
 
diff --git a/tests/overlay/Cargo.toml b/tests/overlay/Cargo.toml
index 751ddd7da..4136ab8d9 100644
--- a/tests/overlay/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/overlay/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 fuse-backend-rs = { path = "../../", features = ["fusedev"] }
 log = ">=0.4.6"
-vmm-sys-util = ">=0.4"
+vmm-sys-util = { workspace = true }
 libc = ">=0.2.68"
 simple_logger = ">=1.13.0"
 signal-hook = ">=0.3.10"
diff --git a/tests/passthrough/src/main.rs b/tests/passthrough/src/main.rs
index 138d7ab0d..a2b8a48d7 100644
--- a/tests/passthrough/src/main.rs
+++ b/tests/passthrough/src/main.rs
@@ -70,11 +70,13 @@ impl Daemon {
         let mut se =
             FuseSession::new(Path::new(&self.mountpoint), "testpassthrough", "", false).unwrap();
         se.mount().unwrap();
-        
+
         se.try_with_writer(|writer| {
             self.server
-                .notify_resend(writer).map_err(PassthroughFsError::FuseError)
-        }).map_err(|_| Error::from_raw_os_error(libc::EINVAL))?;
+                .notify_resend(writer)
+                .map_err(PassthroughFsError::FuseError)
+        })
+        .map_err(|_| Error::from_raw_os_error(libc::EINVAL))?;
 
         for _ in 0..self.thread_cnt {
             let mut server = FuseServer {