diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c0c45d3c0..458fc8fd2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ tonic-build = { version = "0.12", default-features = false }
 tower = { version = "0.5", default-features = false }
 tower-service = { version = "0.3" }
 tower-test = { version = "0.4" }
+tracing = { version = "0.1" }
 
 [workspace.dependencies.http-body-util]
 version = "0.1.3"
diff --git a/linkerd/addr/fuzz/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/addr/fuzz/Cargo.toml
index 11a20575a..b36c31c94 100644
--- a/linkerd/addr/fuzz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/addr/fuzz/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ cargo-fuzz = true
 libfuzzer-sys = "0.4"
 linkerd-addr = { path = ".." }
 linkerd-tracing = { path = "../../tracing", features = ["ansi"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 # Prevent this from interfering with workspaces
 [workspace]
diff --git a/linkerd/app/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/app/Cargo.toml
index a9b1571c7..7be77901c 100644
--- a/linkerd/app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/app/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt"] }
 tokio-stream = { version = "0.1", features = ["time", "sync"] }
 tonic = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["prost"] }
 tower = { workspace = true }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/linkerd/app/admin/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/app/admin/Cargo.toml
index 6781600a1..c509cee26 100644
--- a/linkerd/app/admin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/app/admin/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ serde = "1"
 serde_json = "1"
 thiserror = "2"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "sync", "parking_lot"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 linkerd-app-core = { path = "../core" }
 linkerd-app-inbound = { path = "../inbound" }
diff --git a/linkerd/app/core/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/app/core/Cargo.toml
index 17fe5f2b4..6daa8b20b 100644
--- a/linkerd/app/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/app/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ thiserror = "2"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "sync", "parking_lot"] }
 tokio-stream = { version = "0.1", features = ["time"] }
 tonic = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["prost"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 parking_lot = "0.12"
 pin-project = "1"
 
diff --git a/linkerd/app/gateway/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/app/gateway/Cargo.toml
index c35521c1b..08673f896 100644
--- a/linkerd/app/gateway/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/app/gateway/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ thiserror = "2"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["sync"] }
 tonic = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 tower = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 linkerd-app-inbound = { path = "../inbound", features = ["test-util"] }
diff --git a/linkerd/app/inbound/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/app/inbound/Cargo.toml
index 9e7f697c1..5fae7151a 100644
--- a/linkerd/app/inbound/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/app/inbound/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ thiserror = "2"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["sync"] }
 tonic = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 tower = { workspace = true, features = ["util"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies.linkerd-proxy-server-policy]
 path = "../../proxy/server-policy"
diff --git a/linkerd/app/inbound/fuzz/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/app/inbound/fuzz/Cargo.toml
index f26cb9132..36676e32a 100644
--- a/linkerd/app/inbound/fuzz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/app/inbound/fuzz/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ linkerd-meshtls-rustls = { path = "../../../meshtls/rustls", features = [
 ] }
 linkerd-tracing = { path = "../../../tracing", features = ["ansi"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 # Prevent this from interfering with workspaces
 [workspace]
diff --git a/linkerd/app/integration/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/app/integration/Cargo.toml
index a5981561f..a15da4458 100644
--- a/linkerd/app/integration/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/app/integration/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ tokio-rustls = { workspace = true }
 tokio-stream = { version = "0.1", features = ["sync"] }
 tonic = { workspace = true, features = ["transport"], default-features = false }
 tower = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies.hyper]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/linkerd/app/outbound/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/app/outbound/Cargo.toml
index 071db77e5..e5c1179fc 100644
--- a/linkerd/app/outbound/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/app/outbound/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ thiserror = "2"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["sync"] }
 tonic = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 tower = { workspace = true, features = ["util"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 linkerd-app-core = { path = "../core" }
 linkerd-app-test = { path = "../test", optional = true }
diff --git a/linkerd/app/test/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/app/test/Cargo.toml
index a9c52fef4..6dc968087 100644
--- a/linkerd/app/test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/app/test/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ tokio-test = "0.4"
 tokio-stream = { version = "0.1", features = ["sync"] }
 tonic = { workspace = true, default-features = false, optional = true }
 tower = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = "2"
 
 [dependencies.tracing-subscriber]
diff --git a/linkerd/distribute/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/distribute/Cargo.toml
index 910ab049c..0d624aab5 100644
--- a/linkerd/distribute/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/distribute/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ linkerd-stack = { path = "../stack" }
 parking_lot = "0.12"
 rand = { version = "0.9", features = ["small_rng"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio-test = "0.4"
diff --git a/linkerd/dns/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/dns/Cargo.toml
index d5f377ba6..1b6422183 100644
--- a/linkerd/dns/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/dns/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ linkerd-error = { path = "../error" }
 prometheus-client = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = "2"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt", "sync", "time"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 [lints.rust]
 unexpected_cfgs = { level = "warn", check-cfg = ['cfg(fuzzing)'] }
diff --git a/linkerd/dns/fuzz/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/dns/fuzz/Cargo.toml
index 6f7cfdd21..ede45b0c2 100644
--- a/linkerd/dns/fuzz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/dns/fuzz/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ cargo-fuzz = true
 libfuzzer-sys = "0.4"
 linkerd-dns = { path = ".." }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt", "time", "io-util"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 linkerd-tracing = { path = "../../tracing", features = ["ansi"] }
 
 # Prevent this from interfering with workspaces
diff --git a/linkerd/duplex/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/duplex/Cargo.toml
index 384f586e9..2436eaa30 100644
--- a/linkerd/duplex/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/duplex/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ bytes = { workspace = true }
 futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["io-util"] }
 pin-project = "1"
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 linkerd-io = { path = "../io" }
diff --git a/linkerd/http/access-log/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/http/access-log/Cargo.toml
index 399b3c03d..31d4f07b0 100644
--- a/linkerd/http/access-log/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/http/access-log/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ http = { workspace = true }
 jiff = { version = "0.2", features = ["std"] }
 pin-project = "1"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["time"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 linkerd-stack = { path = "../../stack" }
 linkerd-identity = { path = "../../identity" }
diff --git a/linkerd/http/classify/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/http/classify/Cargo.toml
index a12f860fc..e50028f5e 100644
--- a/linkerd/http/classify/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/http/classify/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ http = { workspace = true }
 http-body = { workspace = true }
 pin-project = "1"
 tokio = { version = "1", default-features = false }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 linkerd-error = { path = "../../error" }
 linkerd-http-box = { path = "../../http/box" }
diff --git a/linkerd/http/detect/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/http/detect/Cargo.toml
index bdb2d11f5..b8be73235 100644
--- a/linkerd/http/detect/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/http/detect/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ httparse = "1"
 prometheus-client = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = "2"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["time"] }
-tracing = { version = "0.1" }
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 linkerd-error = { path = "../../error" }
 linkerd-http-variant = { path = "../variant" }
diff --git a/linkerd/http/metrics/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/http/metrics/Cargo.toml
index 5940607bb..1c0ab01a3 100644
--- a/linkerd/http/metrics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/http/metrics/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ parking_lot = "0.12"
 pin-project = "1"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["time"] }
 tower = { workspace = true }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 linkerd-error = { path = "../../error" }
 linkerd-http-classify = { path = "../classify" }
diff --git a/linkerd/http/override-authority/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/http/override-authority/Cargo.toml
index 36d017291..ece45e5d6 100644
--- a/linkerd/http/override-authority/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/http/override-authority/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ Tower middleware to override request authorities.
 [dependencies]
 http = { workspace = true }
 tower = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 linkerd-stack = { path = "../../stack" }
diff --git a/linkerd/http/retry/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/http/retry/Cargo.toml
index c2ef5d51e..bb3a34260 100644
--- a/linkerd/http/retry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/http/retry/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ parking_lot = "0.12"
 pin-project = "1"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt"] }
 tower = { workspace = true, features = ["retry"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = "2"
 
 linkerd-http-box = { path = "../box" }
diff --git a/linkerd/http/route/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/http/route/Cargo.toml
index e4ddace37..da2aa6d29 100644
--- a/linkerd/http/route/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/http/route/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ http = { workspace = true }
 regex = "1"
 rand = "0.9"
 thiserror = "2"
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 url = "2"
 
 [dependencies.linkerd2-proxy-api]
diff --git a/linkerd/http/stream-timeouts/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/http/stream-timeouts/Cargo.toml
index 8d34a8cfe..b2e25de75 100644
--- a/linkerd/http/stream-timeouts/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/http/stream-timeouts/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ parking_lot = "0.12"
 pin-project = "1"
 thiserror = "2"
 tokio = { version = "1", default-features = false }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 linkerd-error = { path = "../../error" }
 linkerd-stack = { path = "../../stack" }
diff --git a/linkerd/http/upgrade/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/http/upgrade/Cargo.toml
index 0756483e4..35ecaed97 100644
--- a/linkerd/http/upgrade/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/http/upgrade/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pin-project = "1"
 thiserror = "2"
 tokio = { version = "1", default-features = false }
 tower = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 try-lock = "0.2"
 
 linkerd-duplex = { path = "../../duplex" }
diff --git a/linkerd/identity/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/identity/Cargo.toml
index 5c3542bc6..3019e4ca5 100644
--- a/linkerd/identity/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/identity/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ publish = { workspace = true }
 [dependencies]
 prometheus-client = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = "2"
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 url = "2.5.4"
 
 linkerd-dns-name = { path = "../dns/name" }
diff --git a/linkerd/idle-cache/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/idle-cache/Cargo.toml
index 90fe48e49..60e0180bc 100644
--- a/linkerd/idle-cache/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/idle-cache/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = [
     "time",
 ] }
 tower = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["util"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = [
diff --git a/linkerd/meshtls/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/meshtls/Cargo.toml
index 47ebf7901..722260261 100644
--- a/linkerd/meshtls/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/meshtls/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ linkerd-tls = { path = "../tls" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "net", "rt-multi-thread"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 rcgen = "0.13.2"
 
 linkerd-conditional = { path = "../conditional" }
diff --git a/linkerd/meshtls/boring/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/meshtls/boring/Cargo.toml
index 71ee19c77..b24e712d5 100644
--- a/linkerd/meshtls/boring/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/meshtls/boring/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ linkerd-meshtls-verifier = { path = "../verifier" }
 
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "sync"] }
 tokio-boring = "4"
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
 fips = ["boring/fips"]
diff --git a/linkerd/meshtls/rustls/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/meshtls/rustls/Cargo.toml
index fd0897b41..dc811d120 100644
--- a/linkerd/meshtls/rustls/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/meshtls/rustls/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ rustls-webpki = { version = "0.103.1", default-features = false, features = ["st
 thiserror = "2"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt", "sync"] }
 tokio-rustls = { workspace = true }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 linkerd-dns-name = { path = "../../dns/name" }
 linkerd-error = { path = "../../error" }
diff --git a/linkerd/meshtls/verifier/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/meshtls/verifier/Cargo.toml
index 602c66f02..759841e2a 100644
--- a/linkerd/meshtls/verifier/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/meshtls/verifier/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = { workspace = true }
 publish = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 x509-parser = "0.17.0"
 
 linkerd-error = { path = "../../error" }
diff --git a/linkerd/metrics/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/metrics/Cargo.toml
index 3b3a646ce..897684f7b 100644
--- a/linkerd/metrics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/metrics/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ kubert-prometheus-process = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 parking_lot = "0.12"
 prometheus-client = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["time"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 linkerd-http-box = { path = "../http/box" }
 linkerd-stack = { path = "../stack", optional = true }
diff --git a/linkerd/opencensus/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/opencensus/Cargo.toml
index 5e388dd2b..feb89f707 100644
--- a/linkerd/opencensus/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/opencensus/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ tonic = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = [
 ] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "sync", "time"] }
 tokio-stream = { version = "0.1", features = ["sync"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/linkerd/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
index 790135fd3..86259a721 100644
--- a/linkerd/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ tonic = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = [
     "codegen",
 ] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "sync", "time"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/linkerd/pool/mock/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/pool/mock/Cargo.toml
index 5dcbdab36..a888f800d 100644
--- a/linkerd/pool/mock/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/pool/mock/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ parking_lot = "0.12"
 thiserror = "2"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["sync", "time"] }
 tower-test = { workspace = true }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 linkerd-error = { path = "../../error" }
 linkerd-pool = { path = ".." }
diff --git a/linkerd/pool/p2c/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/pool/p2c/Cargo.toml
index bf8afc1ea..3c6746ca7 100644
--- a/linkerd/pool/p2c/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/pool/p2c/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ indexmap = "2"
 prometheus-client = { workspace = true }
 rand = { version = "0.9", features = ["small_rng"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt", "sync", "time"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 linkerd-error = { path = "../../error" }
 linkerd-metrics = { path = "../../metrics" }
diff --git a/linkerd/proxy/api-resolve/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/proxy/api-resolve/Cargo.toml
index df860c91b..579d18d57 100644
--- a/linkerd/proxy/api-resolve/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/proxy/api-resolve/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ pin-project = "1"
 prost = { workspace = true }
 tonic = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 tower = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/linkerd/proxy/balance/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/proxy/balance/Cargo.toml
index 1afdba688..707334953 100644
--- a/linkerd/proxy/balance/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/proxy/balance/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ publish = { workspace = true }
 futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 rand = "0.9"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["time"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 linkerd-error = { path = "../../error" }
 linkerd-metrics = { path = "../../metrics" }
diff --git a/linkerd/proxy/balance/queue/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/proxy/balance/queue/Cargo.toml
index 6ae63c728..09195832b 100644
--- a/linkerd/proxy/balance/queue/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/proxy/balance/queue/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ prometheus-client = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = "2"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt", "sync", "time"] }
 tokio-util = "0.7"
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 linkerd-error = { path = "../../../error" }
 linkerd-metrics = { path = "../../../metrics" }
diff --git a/linkerd/proxy/dns-resolve/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/proxy/dns-resolve/Cargo.toml
index 89a674378..9c9087f40 100644
--- a/linkerd/proxy/dns-resolve/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/proxy/dns-resolve/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ linkerd-stack = { path = "../../stack" }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["sync"] }
 tokio-stream = { version = "0.1", features = ["sync"] }
 tower = { workspace = true }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/linkerd/proxy/http/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/proxy/http/Cargo.toml
index cb04df260..d1d4f7bac 100644
--- a/linkerd/proxy/http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/proxy/http/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ rand = "0.9"
 thiserror = "2"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt", "sync", "time"] }
 tower = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 try-lock = "0.2"
 
 linkerd-duplex = { path = "../../duplex" }
diff --git a/linkerd/proxy/identity-client/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/proxy/identity-client/Cargo.toml
index e954bf164..51cdae9f1 100644
--- a/linkerd/proxy/identity-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/proxy/identity-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ pin-project = "1"
 thiserror = "2"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["time", "sync"] }
 tonic = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 http-body = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/linkerd/proxy/resolve/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/proxy/resolve/Cargo.toml
index fe6f94f1e..b9e9cb737 100644
--- a/linkerd/proxy/resolve/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/proxy/resolve/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ linkerd-error = { path = "../../error" }
 linkerd-proxy-core = { path = "../core" }
 thiserror = "2"
 tower = { workspace = true }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 pin-project = "1"
diff --git a/linkerd/proxy/spire-client/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/proxy/spire-client/Cargo.toml
index 4e16d03ed..e2e4d886a 100644
--- a/linkerd/proxy/spire-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/proxy/spire-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ linkerd-stack = { path = "../../stack" }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["time", "sync"] }
 tonic = { workspace = true }
 tower = { workspace = true }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 x509-parser = "0.17.0"
 asn1 = { version = "0.6", package = "simple_asn1" }
 thiserror = "2"
diff --git a/linkerd/proxy/tap/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/proxy/tap/Cargo.toml
index 6c45368b8..265eca2d9 100644
--- a/linkerd/proxy/tap/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/proxy/tap/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ thiserror = "2"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["time"] }
 tower = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 tonic = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 pin-project = "1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/linkerd/proxy/transport/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/proxy/transport/Cargo.toml
index 4baf0caa1..d6f6b004e 100644
--- a/linkerd/proxy/transport/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/proxy/transport/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ socket2 = "0.5"
 thiserror = "2"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "net"] }
 tokio-stream = { version = "0.1", features = ["net"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 libc = "0.2"
diff --git a/linkerd/reconnect/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/reconnect/Cargo.toml
index 9f75484d9..690975081 100644
--- a/linkerd/reconnect/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/reconnect/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ linkerd-error = { path = "../error" }
 linkerd-stack = { path = "../stack" }
 futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 tower = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 pin-project = "1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/linkerd/retry/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/retry/Cargo.toml
index abd52c592..db01c1c05 100644
--- a/linkerd/retry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/retry/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 linkerd-error = { path = "../error" }
 linkerd-stack = { path = "../stack" }
 tower = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["retry"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/linkerd/router/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/router/Cargo.toml
index b797c93c2..b172d09ac 100644
--- a/linkerd/router/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/router/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ ahash = "0.8"
 futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 parking_lot = "0.12"
 thiserror = "2"
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 linkerd-error = { path = "../error" }
 linkerd-stack = { path = "../stack" }
diff --git a/linkerd/service-profiles/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/service-profiles/Cargo.toml
index 33c02a960..f2fd526e0 100644
--- a/linkerd/service-profiles/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/service-profiles/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ tokio-stream = { version = "0.1", features = ["sync"] }
 tonic = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 tower = { workspace = true, features = ["retry", "util"] }
 thiserror = "2"
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 linkerd-addr = { path = "../addr" }
 linkerd-dns-name = { path = "../dns/name" }
diff --git a/linkerd/signal/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/signal/Cargo.toml
index 04ca9ebf0..ee4789dfe 100644
--- a/linkerd/signal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/signal/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ publish = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "signal"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/linkerd/stack/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/stack/Cargo.toml
index 581c08d9e..d87d70a24 100644
--- a/linkerd/stack/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/stack/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ thiserror = "2"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt", "sync", "time"] }
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7" }
 tower = { workspace = true, features = ["buffer", "filter", "spawn-ready", "util"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 linkerd-tracing = { path = "../tracing", features = ["ansi"] }
diff --git a/linkerd/stack/tracing/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/stack/tracing/Cargo.toml
index 3a20c0c75..5319f570f 100644
--- a/linkerd/stack/tracing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/stack/tracing/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 linkerd-error = { path = "../../error" }
 linkerd-stack = { path = ".." }
 tower = { workspace = true }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/linkerd/tls/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/tls/Cargo.toml
index ad59fb9b8..caa2bc469 100644
--- a/linkerd/tls/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/tls/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pin-project = "1"
 thiserror = "2"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "time"] }
 tower = { workspace = true }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 untrusted = "0.9"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/linkerd/tls/route/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/tls/route/Cargo.toml
index 143ae5f95..290b5b99c 100644
--- a/linkerd/tls/route/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/tls/route/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ proto = ["linkerd2-proxy-api"]
 regex = "1"
 rand = "0.9"
 thiserror = "2"
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 linkerd-tls = { path = "../" }
 linkerd-dns = { path = "../../dns" }
 
diff --git a/linkerd/tonic-stream/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/tonic-stream/Cargo.toml
index 2eaccc26c..5856751b7 100644
--- a/linkerd/tonic-stream/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/tonic-stream/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ linkerd-stack = { path = "../stack" }
 pin-project = "1"
 tonic = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["time"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros"] }
diff --git a/linkerd/tonic-watch/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/tonic-watch/Cargo.toml
index 9b3610797..9ec1f4ec8 100644
--- a/linkerd/tonic-watch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/tonic-watch/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ linkerd-error = { path = "../error" }
 linkerd-stack = { path = "../stack" }
 tonic = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt", "sync", "time"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 linkerd-tracing = { path = "../tracing" }
diff --git a/linkerd/trace-context/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/trace-context/Cargo.toml
index f4dbce5ca..3fb5f9168 100644
--- a/linkerd/trace-context/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/trace-context/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ linkerd-stack = { path = "../stack" }
 rand = "0.8"
 thiserror = "1"
 tower = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["util"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/linkerd/tracing/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/tracing/Cargo.toml
index af6acff0d..c495a48dd 100644
--- a/linkerd/tracing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/tracing/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ linkerd-error = { path = "../error" }
 slab = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
 thingbuf = { version = "0.1.6", features = ["std"], optional = true }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["time"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-log = "0.2"
 
 [dependencies.tracing-subscriber]
diff --git a/linkerd/transport-header/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/transport-header/Cargo.toml
index ead088abd..6aa7137ad 100644
--- a/linkerd/transport-header/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/transport-header/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ linkerd-io = { path = "../io" }
 linkerd-stack = { path = "../stack" }
 prost = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["time"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(fuzzing)'.dependencies]
 arbitrary = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/linkerd/transport-header/fuzz/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/transport-header/fuzz/Cargo.toml
index d2b3e81d2..5a31af13b 100644
--- a/linkerd/transport-header/fuzz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/transport-header/fuzz/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ arbitrary = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 libfuzzer-sys = { version = "0.4", features = ["arbitrary-derive"] }
 linkerd-transport-header = { path = ".." }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 linkerd-tracing = { path = "../../tracing", features = ["ansi"] }
 
 # Prevent this from interfering with workspaces
diff --git a/linkerd/transport-metrics/Cargo.toml b/linkerd/transport-metrics/Cargo.toml
index eb020bb29..bf92ec444 100644
--- a/linkerd/transport-metrics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd/transport-metrics/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ linkerd-stack = { path = "../stack" }
 parking_lot = "0.12"
 pin-project = "1"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["time"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/linkerd2-proxy/Cargo.toml b/linkerd2-proxy/Cargo.toml
index d5a2960b8..8932e1ab8 100644
--- a/linkerd2-proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd2-proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ linkerd-meshtls = { path = "../linkerd/meshtls" }
 linkerd-signal = { path = "../linkerd/signal" }
 num_cpus = "1"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt", "rt-multi-thread", "time", "net"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.dependencies]
 jemallocator = { version = "0.5" }