diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8901f99f98ce8..004f5b7232d5b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "helix-core"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "23.10.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "arc-swap",
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "helix-dap"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "23.10.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "fern",
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "helix-event"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "23.10.0"
 dependencies = [
  "parking_lot",
  "tokio",
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "helix-loader"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "23.10.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "cc",
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "helix-lsp"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "23.10.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "futures-executor",
@@ -1187,11 +1187,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "helix-parsec"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "23.10.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "helix-term"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "23.10.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "arc-swap",
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "helix-tui"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "23.10.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.1",
  "cassowary",
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "helix-vcs"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "23.10.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "arc-swap",
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "helix-view"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "23.10.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "arc-swap",
@@ -2619,7 +2619,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "xtask"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "23.10.0"
 dependencies = [
  "helix-core",
  "helix-loader",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f2cd9b766b32b..6c006fbb4ff4d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ tree-sitter = { version = "0.20", git = "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sit
 nucleo = "0.2.0"
 
 [workspace.package]
+version = "23.10.0"
 edition = "2021"
+authors = ["Blaž Hrastnik <blaz@mxxn.io>"]
+categories = ["editor"]
+repository = "https://github.com/helix-editor/helix"
+homepage = "https://helix-editor.com"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 rust-version = "1.70"
diff --git a/helix-core/Cargo.toml b/helix-core/Cargo.toml
index 0fa5504629648..dc5107dd74c03 100644
--- a/helix-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 [package]
 name = "helix-core"
-version = "0.6.0"
-authors = ["Blaž Hrastnik <blaz@mxxn.io>"]
+description = "Helix editor core editing primitives"
+include = ["src/**/*", "README.md"]
+version.workspace = true
+authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
-description = "Helix editor core editing primitives"
-categories = ["editor"]
-repository = "https://github.com/helix-editor/helix"
-homepage = "https://helix-editor.com"
-include = ["src/**/*", "README.md"]
+categories.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 unicode-lines = ["ropey/unicode_lines"]
 integration = []
 
 [dependencies]
-helix-loader = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-loader" }
+helix-loader = { path = "../helix-loader" }
 
 ropey = { version = "1.6.1", default-features = false, features = ["simd"] }
 smallvec = "1.11"
diff --git a/helix-dap/Cargo.toml b/helix-dap/Cargo.toml
index b4dd5177e9bae..f7acb00323e0d 100644
--- a/helix-dap/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-dap/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 [package]
 name = "helix-dap"
-version = "0.6.0"
-authors = ["Blaž Hrastnik <blaz@mxxn.io>"]
+description = "DAP client implementation for Helix project"
+version.workspace = true
+authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
-description = "DAP client implementation for Helix project"
-categories = ["editor"]
-repository = "https://github.com/helix-editor/helix"
-homepage = "https://helix-editor.com"
+categories.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-helix-core = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-core" }
+helix-core = { path = "../helix-core" }
+
 anyhow = "1.0"
 log = "0.4"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/helix-event/Cargo.toml b/helix-event/Cargo.toml
index 2dd4b512da4cf..c20328246fa37 100644
--- a/helix-event/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-event/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 [package]
 name = "helix-event"
-version = "0.6.0"
-authors = ["Blaž Hrastnik <blaz@mxxn.io>"]
+version.workspace = true
+authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
-categories = ["editor"]
-repository = "https://github.com/helix-editor/helix"
-homepage = "https://helix-editor.com"
+categories.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
diff --git a/helix-loader/Cargo.toml b/helix-loader/Cargo.toml
index b32318d0436e4..1a98e94bea37e 100644
--- a/helix-loader/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-loader/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 [package]
 name = "helix-loader"
-version = "0.6.0"
-description = "A post-modern text editor."
-authors = ["Blaž Hrastnik <blaz@mxxn.io>"]
+description = "Build bootstrapping for Helix crates"
+version.workspace = true
+authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
-categories = ["editor"]
-repository = "https://github.com/helix-editor/helix"
-homepage = "https://helix-editor.com"
+categories.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "hx-loader"
diff --git a/helix-loader/build.rs b/helix-loader/build.rs
index 74ba2a2beb2a3..c056bed368131 100644
--- a/helix-loader/build.rs
+++ b/helix-loader/build.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::Command;
 
-const VERSION: &str = include_str!("../VERSION");
+const VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 fn main() {
     let git_hash = Command::new("git")
diff --git a/helix-lsp/Cargo.toml b/helix-lsp/Cargo.toml
index 98ff5d0b9758b..d6bd0370867a5 100644
--- a/helix-lsp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-lsp/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 [package]
 name = "helix-lsp"
-version = "0.6.0"
-authors = ["Blaž Hrastnik <blaz@mxxn.io>"]
+description = "LSP client implementation for Helix project"
+version.workspace = true
+authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
-description = "LSP client implementation for Helix project"
-categories = ["editor"]
-repository = "https://github.com/helix-editor/helix"
-homepage = "https://helix-editor.com"
+categories.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-helix-core = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-core" }
-helix-loader = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-loader" }
-helix-parsec = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-parsec" }
+helix-core = { path = "../helix-core" }
+helix-loader = { path = "../helix-loader" }
+helix-parsec = { path = "../helix-parsec" }
 
 anyhow = "1.0"
 futures-executor = "0.3"
diff --git a/helix-parsec/Cargo.toml b/helix-parsec/Cargo.toml
index d2b6105e628c6..217691219c204 100644
--- a/helix-parsec/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-parsec/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 [package]
 name = "helix-parsec"
-version = "0.6.0"
-authors = ["Blaž Hrastnik <blaz@mxxn.io>"]
+description = "Parser combinators for Helix"
+include = ["src/**/*", "README.md"]
+version.workspace = true
+authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
-description = "Parser combinators for Helix"
-categories = ["editor"]
-repository = "https://github.com/helix-editor/helix"
-homepage = "https://helix-editor.com"
-include = ["src/**/*", "README.md"]
+categories.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/helix-term/Cargo.toml b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
index a11b4ae5dbd0b..6665e072d96c7 100644
--- a/helix-term/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 [package]
 name = "helix-term"
-version = "0.6.0"
 description = "A post-modern text editor."
-authors = ["Blaž Hrastnik <blaz@mxxn.io>"]
-edition.workspace = true
-license.workspace = true
-categories = ["editor", "command-line-utilities"]
-repository = "https://github.com/helix-editor/helix"
-homepage = "https://helix-editor.com"
 include = ["src/**/*", "README.md"]
 default-run = "hx"
+version.workspace = true
+authors.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
+categories.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 default = ["git"]
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ name = "hx"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-helix-core = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-core" }
-helix-event = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-event" }
-helix-view = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-view" }
-helix-lsp = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-lsp" }
-helix-dap = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-dap" }
-helix-vcs = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-vcs" }
-helix-loader = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-loader" }
+helix-core = { path = "../helix-core" }
+helix-event = { path = "../helix-event" }
+helix-view = { path = "../helix-view" }
+helix-lsp = { path = "../helix-lsp" }
+helix-dap = { path = "../helix-dap" }
+helix-vcs = { path = "../helix-vcs" }
+helix-loader = { path = "../helix-loader" }
 
 anyhow = "1"
 once_cell = "1.18"
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ libc = "0.2.150"
 crossterm = { version = "0.27", features = ["event-stream", "use-dev-tty"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
-helix-loader = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-loader" }
+helix-loader = { path = "../helix-loader" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 smallvec = "1.11"
diff --git a/helix-tui/Cargo.toml b/helix-tui/Cargo.toml
index 602fa3e5ff764..c6af90fc606a0 100644
--- a/helix-tui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-tui/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 [package]
 name = "helix-tui"
-version = "0.6.0"
-authors = ["Blaž Hrastnik <blaz@mxxn.io>"]
-description = """
-A library to build rich terminal user interfaces or dashboards
-"""
+description = """A library to build rich terminal user interfaces or dashboards"""
+include = ["src/**/*", "README.md"]
+version.workspace = true
+authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
-categories = ["editor"]
-repository = "https://github.com/helix-editor/helix"
-homepage = "https://helix-editor.com"
-include = ["src/**/*", "README.md"]
+categories.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 default = ["crossterm"]
 
 [dependencies]
+helix-view = { path = "../helix-view", features = ["term"] }
+helix-core = { path = "../helix-core" }
+
 bitflags = "2.4"
 cassowary = "0.3"
 unicode-segmentation = "1.10"
@@ -25,5 +26,3 @@ termini = "1.0"
 serde = { version = "1", "optional" = true, features = ["derive"]}
 once_cell = "1.18"
 log = "~0.4"
-helix-view = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-view", features = ["term"] }
-helix-core = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-core" }
diff --git a/helix-vcs/Cargo.toml b/helix-vcs/Cargo.toml
index 1152cf9abc035..ba38160fdfbf8 100644
--- a/helix-vcs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-vcs/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 [package]
 name = "helix-vcs"
-version = "0.6.0"
-authors = ["Blaž Hrastnik <blaz@mxxn.io>"]
+version.workspace = true
+authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
-categories = ["editor"]
-repository = "https://github.com/helix-editor/helix"
-homepage = "https://helix-editor.com"
+categories.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-helix-core = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-core" }
-helix-event = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-event" }
+helix-core = { path = "../helix-core" }
+helix-event = { path = "../helix-event" }
 
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt", "rt-multi-thread", "time", "sync", "parking_lot", "macros"] }
 parking_lot = "0.12"
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ log = "0.4"
 git = ["gix"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-tempfile = "3.8"
\ No newline at end of file
+tempfile = "3.8"
diff --git a/helix-view/Cargo.toml b/helix-view/Cargo.toml
index 266abf5f50db1..f1eddab446ccc 100644
--- a/helix-view/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-view/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,29 +1,30 @@
 [package]
 name = "helix-view"
-version = "0.6.0"
-authors = ["Blaž Hrastnik <blaz@mxxn.io>"]
+description = "UI abstractions for use in backends"
+version.workspace = true
+authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
-description = "UI abstractions for use in backends"
-categories = ["editor"]
-repository = "https://github.com/helix-editor/helix"
-homepage = "https://helix-editor.com"
+categories.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 default = []
 term = ["crossterm"]
 
 [dependencies]
+helix-core = { path = "../helix-core" }
+helix-event = { path = "../helix-event" }
+helix-loader = { path = "../helix-loader" }
+helix-lsp = { path = "../helix-lsp" }
+helix-dap = { path = "../helix-dap" }
+helix-vcs = { path = "../helix-vcs" }
+
 bitflags = "2.4"
 anyhow = "1"
-helix-core = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-core" }
-helix-event = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-event" }
-helix-loader = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-loader" }
-helix-lsp = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-lsp" }
-helix-dap = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-dap" }
 crossterm = { version = "0.27", optional = true }
-helix-vcs = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-vcs" }
 
 # Conversion traits
 once_cell = "1.18"
diff --git a/xtask/Cargo.toml b/xtask/Cargo.toml
index ed1182947b6f4..0a61536fc7af0 100644
--- a/xtask/Cargo.toml
+++ b/xtask/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 [package]
 name = "xtask"
-version = "0.6.0"
-edition = "2021"
+version.workspace = true
+authors.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+categories.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-helix-term = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-term" }
-helix-core = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-core" }
-helix-view = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-view" }
-helix-loader = { version = "0.6", path = "../helix-loader" }
+helix-term = { path = "../helix-term" }
+helix-core = { path = "../helix-core" }
+helix-view = { path = "../helix-view" }
+helix-loader = { path = "../helix-loader" }
 toml = "0.7"