diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index cb261b2b..6b9da8fe 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -4,47 +4,12 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "cargo"
     directory: "/"
     commit-message:
-      prefix: "[chore(workspace)]"
-      include: "scope"
-    target-branch: "main"
-    schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
-
-  - package-ecosystem: "cargo"
-    directory: "/homestar-core"
-    commit-message:
-      prefix: "[chore(core)]"
-      include: "scope"
-    target-branch: "main"
-    schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
-
-  - package-ecosystem: "cargo"
-    directory: "/homestar-runtime"
-    commit-message:
-      prefix: "[chore(runtime)]"
-      include: "scope"
-    target-branch: "main"
-    schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
-
-  - package-ecosystem: "cargo"
-    directory: "/homestar-guest-wasm"
-    commit-message:
-      prefix: "[chore(guest-wasm)]"
-      include: "scope"
-    target-branch: "main"
-    schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
-
-  - package-ecosystem: "cargo"
-    directory: "/homestar-wasm"
-    commit-message:
-      prefix: "[chore(wasm)]"
+      prefix: "[chore(cargo)]"
       include: "scope"
     target-branch: "main"
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
 
   - package-ecosystem: "docker"
     directory: "/docker"
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 16466c40..7cc10d97 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ repos:
         files: \.nix$
         language: system
 
+  - repo: https://github.com/DevinR528/cargo-sort
+    rev: v1.0.9
+    hooks:
+      - id: cargo-sort
+        args: ["-w"]
+
   - repo: https://github.com/compilerla/conventional-pre-commit
     rev: v2.1.1
     hooks:
diff --git a/homestar-core/Cargo.toml b/homestar-core/Cargo.toml
index 4b09985e..4230cb67 100644
--- a/homestar-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/homestar-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ description = "Homestar core library for working with tasks, instructions, etc"
 keywords = ["ipld", "tasks", "receipts", "ipvm"]
 categories = ["workflow-engines", "core", "libraries"]
 include = ["/src", "README.md", "LICENSE"]
-license.workspace = true
+license = { workspace = true }
 readme = "README.md"
-edition.workspace = true
-rust-version.workspace = true
+edition = { workspace = true }
+rust-version = { workspace = true }
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/homestar-core"
 repository = "https://github.com/ipvm-wg/homestar"
-authors.workspace = true
+authors = { workspace = true }
 
 [lib]
 path = "src/lib.rs"
@@ -19,20 +19,22 @@ bench = false
 doctest = true
 
 [dependencies]
-anyhow .workspace = true
-byte-unit.workspace = true
+# return to version.workspace = true after the following issue is fixed:
+# https://github.com/DevinR528/cargo-sort/issues/47
+anyhow = { workspace = true }
+byte-unit = { workspace = true }
 diesel = { version = "2.0", features = ["sqlite"] }
-enum-as-inner.workspace = true
-enum-assoc.workspace = true
+enum-as-inner = { workspace = true }
+enum-assoc = { workspace = true }
 generic-array = { version = "0.14", features = ["serde"] }
 indexmap = "1.9"
-libipld.workspace = true
+libipld = { workspace = true }
 libsqlite3-sys = { version = "0.26", features = ["bundled"] }
 proptest = { version = "1.2", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 signature = "2.0"
-thiserror.workspace = true
-tracing.workspace = true
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 ucan = "0.3"
 url = { version = "2.3", features = ["serde"] }
 uuid = { version = "1.3", default-features = false, features = ["v4", "fast-rng"] }
diff --git a/homestar-guest-wasm/Cargo.toml b/homestar-guest-wasm/Cargo.toml
index 17509a01..9da78d2f 100644
--- a/homestar-guest-wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/homestar-guest-wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 name = "homestar-guest-wasm"
 publish = false
 version = "0.1.0"
-edition.workspace = true
-rust-version.workspace = true
+edition = { workspace = true }
+rust-version = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
 image = { version = "0.24", default-features = false, features = ["png"] }
diff --git a/homestar-runtime/Cargo.toml b/homestar-runtime/Cargo.toml
index 1ffe7c10..01982b0d 100644
--- a/homestar-runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/homestar-runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ description = "Homestar CLI"
 keywords = ["ipfs", "workflows", "ipld", "ipvm"]
 categories = ["workflow-engines", "distributed-systems", "runtimes", "networking"]
 include = ["/src", "README.md", "LICENSE"]
-license.workspace = true
+license = { workspace = true }
 readme = "README.md"
-edition.workspace = true
-rust-version.workspace = true
+edition = { workspace = true }
+rust-version = { workspace = true }
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/homestar"
 repository = "https://github.com/ipvm-wg/homestar"
-authors.workspace = true
+authors = { workspace = true }
 
 [lib]
 path = "src/lib.rs"
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ bench = false
 
 [dependencies]
 ansi_term = { version = "0.12", optional = true, default-features = false }
-anyhow.workspace = true
+# return to version.workspace = true after the following issue is fixed:
+# https://github.com/DevinR528/cargo-sort/issues/47
+anyhow = { workspace = true }
 async-trait = "0.1"
 axum = { version = "0.6", features = ["ws", "headers"] }
-byte-unit.workspace = true
+byte-unit = { workspace = true }
 clap = { version = "4.3", features = ["derive", "color", "help"] }
 concat-in-place = "1.1"
 config = "0.13"
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ crossbeam = "0.8"
 dagga = "0.2"
 diesel = { version = "2.1", features = ["sqlite", "r2d2", "returning_clauses_for_sqlite_3_35"] }
 dotenvy = "0.15"
-enum-assoc.workspace = true
+enum-assoc = { workspace = true }
 futures = "0.3"
 headers = "0.3"
 homestar-core = { version = "0.1", path = "../homestar-core" }
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ indexmap = "1.9"
 ipfs-api = { version = "0.17", optional = true }
 ipfs-api-backend-hyper = { version = "0.6", features = ["with-builder", "with-send-sync"], optional = true }
 itertools = "0.10"
-libipld.workspace = true
+libipld = { workspace = true }
 libp2p = { version = "0.51", default-features = false, features = ["kad", "request-response", "macros", "identify", "mdns", "gossipsub", "tokio", "dns", "mplex", "tcp", "noise", "yamux", "websocket"] }
 libsqlite3-sys = { version = "0.26", features = ["bundled"] }
 openssl = { version = "0.10", features = ["vendored"] }
@@ -58,10 +60,10 @@ proptest = { version = "1.2", optional = true }
 reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["json"] }
 semver = "1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_ipld_dagcbor.workspace = true
+serde_ipld_dagcbor = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = "1.0"
-tokio.workspace = true
-tracing.workspace = true
+tokio = { workspace = true }
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-appender = "0.2"
 tracing-logfmt = "0.3"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter", "parking_lot", "registry"] }
diff --git a/homestar-wasm/Cargo.toml b/homestar-wasm/Cargo.toml
index 75452fd1..d6ba6cad 100644
--- a/homestar-wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/homestar-wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ description = "Homestar Wasm / Wasmtime implementation and IPLD <=> WIT interpre
 keywords = ["wasm", "wasmtime", "wit", "ipld", "ipvm"]
 categories = ["wasm", "execution-engines"]
 include = ["/src", "README.md", "LICENSE"]
-license.workspace = true
+license = { workspace = true }
 readme = "README.md"
-edition.workspace = true
-rust-version.workspace = true
+edition = { workspace = true }
+rust-version = { workspace = true }
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/homestar-wasm"
 repository = "https://github.com/ipvm-wg/homestar"
-authors.workspace = true
+authors = { workspace = true }
 
 [lib]
 path = "src/lib.rs"
@@ -19,18 +19,20 @@ bench = false
 doctest = true
 
 [dependencies]
-anyhow.workspace = true
-async-trait.workspace = true
+# return to version.workspace = true after the following issue is fixed:
+# https://github.com/DevinR528/cargo-sort/issues/47
+anyhow = { workspace = true }
+async-trait = { workspace = true }
 atomic_refcell = "0.1"
-enum-as-inner.workspace = true
+enum-as-inner = { workspace = true }
 heck = "0.4"
 homestar-core = { version = "0.1", path = "../homestar-core" }
 itertools = "0.10"
-libipld.workspace = true
+libipld = { workspace = true }
 rust_decimal = "1.30"
 stacker = "0.1"
-thiserror.workspace = true
-tracing.workspace = true
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 wasi-common = "8.0"
 wasmparser = "0.104"
 wasmtime = { version = "8.0", features = ["async", "component-model", "default"] }
@@ -41,8 +43,8 @@ wit-component = "0.8"
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.5"
 image = "0.24"
-serde_ipld_dagcbor.workspace = true
-tokio.workspace = true
+serde_ipld_dagcbor = { workspace = true }
+tokio = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
 default = []