diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 66f13efcf..c6e924c3c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ tar = "0.4"
 tempfile = "3.8"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 ttrpc = "0.8.0"
-wat = "*" # Use whatever version wasmtime will make us pull
-windows-sys = { version = "0.48" }
+wat = "1.0"
+windows-sys = "0.48"
+serial_test = "2"
 
 [profile.release]
 panic = "abort"
diff --git a/crates/containerd-shim-wasm-test-modules/Cargo.toml b/crates/containerd-shim-wasm-test-modules/Cargo.toml
index b8abbee03..8e1e5057e 100644
--- a/crates/containerd-shim-wasm-test-modules/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/containerd-shim-wasm-test-modules/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ license.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
-env_logger = "0.10"
+env_logger = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 oci-spec = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
-tempfile = "3.8"
+tempfile = { workspace = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
-lazy_static = { version = "1.4.0" }
-wat = { version = "1.0.46" }
+lazy_static = "1.4.0"
+wat = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/containerd-shim-wasm/Cargo.toml b/crates/containerd-shim-wasm/Cargo.toml
index 16ee35416..b0fceeb12 100644
--- a/crates/containerd-shim-wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/containerd-shim-wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ futures = { version = "0.3.29" }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 caps = "0.5"
-dbus = { version = "*", features = ["vendored"] }
+# this must match the version pulled by libcontainer
+dbus = { version = "0", features = ["vendored"] }
 libcontainer = { workspace = true, features = ["libseccomp", "systemd", "v1", "v2"]}
 nix = { workspace = true, features = ["sched", "mount"] }
 containerd-client = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/crates/containerd-shim-wasmedge/Cargo.toml b/crates/containerd-shim-wasmedge/Cargo.toml
index 2b938e355..d429cd80f 100644
--- a/crates/containerd-shim-wasmedge/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/containerd-shim-wasmedge/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ wasmedge-sdk = { version = "0.12.2" }
 [dev-dependencies]
 containerd-shim-wasm = { workspace = true, features = ["testing"] }
 libc = { workspace = true }
-serial_test = "*"
+serial_test = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
 default = ["standalone", "static"]
diff --git a/crates/containerd-shim-wasmer/Cargo.toml b/crates/containerd-shim-wasmer/Cargo.toml
index 8cf726142..1dbbc036d 100644
--- a/crates/containerd-shim-wasmer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/containerd-shim-wasmer/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ wasmer-wasix = { version = "0.12.0" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 containerd-shim-wasm = { workspace = true, features = ["testing"] }
-serial_test = "*"
+serial_test = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "containerd-shim-wasmer-v1"
diff --git a/crates/containerd-shim-wasmtime/Cargo.toml b/crates/containerd-shim-wasmtime/Cargo.toml
index 06131e85f..4ae5aa76a 100644
--- a/crates/containerd-shim-wasmtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/containerd-shim-wasmtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ wasi-common = "11.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 containerd-shim-wasm = { workspace = true, features = ["testing"] }
-serial_test = "*"
+serial_test = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "containerd-shim-wasmtime-v1"