diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 94a6c24587..2e71159eac 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1597,15 +1597,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits 0.2.19",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "atomic-polyfill"
-version = "1.0.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8cf2bce30dfe09ef0bfaef228b9d414faaf7e563035494d7fe092dba54b300f4"
-dependencies = [
- "critical-section",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "atomic-waker"
 version = "1.1.2"
@@ -3946,12 +3937,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools 0.10.5",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "critical-section"
-version = "1.1.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f64009896348fc5af4222e9cf7d7d82a95a256c634ebcf61c53e4ea461422242"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-channel"
 version = "0.5.13"
@@ -6590,15 +6575,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hash32"
-version = "0.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b0c35f58762feb77d74ebe43bdbc3210f09be9fe6742234d573bacc26ed92b67"
-dependencies = [
- "byteorder",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.12.3"
@@ -6680,20 +6656,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "http 0.2.12",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "heapless"
-version = "0.7.17"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cdc6457c0eb62c71aac4bc17216026d8410337c4126773b9c5daba343f17964f"
-dependencies = [
- "atomic-polyfill",
- "hash32",
- "rustc_version 0.4.1",
- "serde",
- "spin 0.9.8",
- "stable_deref_trait",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -10609,7 +10571,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cobs",
  "embedded-io 0.4.0",
  "embedded-io 0.6.1",
- "heapless",
  "serde",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 891b43e876..9757979d72 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ metrics = "0.23.0"
 num-traits = { version = "0.2", default-features = false }
 once_cell = "1.0"
 parking_lot = "0.12.1"
+postcard = { version = "1.0.10", features = [ "use-std" ], default-features = false }
 pretty_assertions = "1.2.1"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 rayon = "1.8.0"
diff --git a/crates/katana/primitives/Cargo.toml b/crates/katana/primitives/Cargo.toml
index 9def4d5024..4c66693811 100644
--- a/crates/katana/primitives/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/katana/primitives/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ num-bigint = "0.4.6"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_matches.workspace = true
-postcard = "1.0.10"
+postcard.workspace = true
 rstest.workspace = true
 similar-asserts.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/crates/katana/storage/db/Cargo.toml b/crates/katana/storage/db/Cargo.toml
index ce6aaf883b..3677b485cf 100644
--- a/crates/katana/storage/db/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/katana/storage/db/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,11 +22,7 @@ thiserror.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 
 # codecs
-[dependencies.postcard]
-default-features = false
-features = [ "use-std" ]
-optional = true
-version = "1.0.8"
+postcard = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [dependencies.libmdbx]
 git = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth.git"