diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index eef3ed437155..17ba5014edec 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ exclude = [
 # tidy-alphabetical-start
 bitflags = "2.9.3"
 memchr = "2.7.5"
+rustc-literal-escaper = "0.0.5"
 thin-vec = "0.2.14"
 # tidy-alphabetical-end
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast/Cargo.toml b/compiler/rustc_ast/Cargo.toml
index 5eddc6e29e47..0b8ab7c391c2 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast/Cargo.toml
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 # tidy-alphabetical-start
 bitflags.workspace = true
 memchr.workspace = true
-rustc-literal-escaper = "0.0.5"
+rustc-literal-escaper.workspace = true
 rustc_ast_ir = { path = "../rustc_ast_ir" }
 rustc_data_structures = { path = "../rustc_data_structures" }
 rustc_index = { path = "../rustc_index" }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/Cargo.toml b/compiler/rustc_parse/Cargo.toml
index 189ee6cccf7f..ca0a57248b00 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/Cargo.toml
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 [dependencies]
 # tidy-alphabetical-start
 bitflags.workspace = true
-rustc-literal-escaper = "0.0.5"
+rustc-literal-escaper.workspace = true
 rustc_ast = { path = "../rustc_ast" }
 rustc_ast_pretty = { path = "../rustc_ast_pretty" }
 rustc_data_structures = { path = "../rustc_data_structures" }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse_format/Cargo.toml b/compiler/rustc_parse_format/Cargo.toml
index d178fcda1fb9..645e34b6e322 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse_format/Cargo.toml
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse_format/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
 # tidy-alphabetical-start
-rustc-literal-escaper = "0.0.5"
+rustc-literal-escaper.workspace = true
 rustc_lexer = { path = "../rustc_lexer" }
 # tidy-alphabetical-end
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_proc_macro/Cargo.toml b/compiler/rustc_proc_macro/Cargo.toml
index beb95aa3b52f..99e7fc7abc6d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_proc_macro/Cargo.toml
+++ b/compiler/rustc_proc_macro/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ doctest = false
 
 [dependencies]
 # tidy-alphabetical-start
-rustc-literal-escaper = "0.0.5"
+rustc-literal-escaper.workspace = true
 # tidy-alphabetical-end
 
 [features]