diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e19ffd95..02da0a2f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -134,3 +134,6 @@ libp2p-core = { path = "core" }
 [patch.crates-io]
 libp2p-core = { path = "core" }
 wasm-timer = { git = "https://github.com/fluencelabs/wasm-timer", branch = "saturating_duration_since" }
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index ba70233f..d798ca7d 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,3 +53,6 @@ prost-build = "0.6"
 [features]
 default = ["secp256k1"]
 secp256k1 = ["libsecp256k1"]
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/misc/core-derive/Cargo.toml b/misc/core-derive/Cargo.toml
index 03b64062..2ca2b119 100644
--- a/misc/core-derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/misc/core-derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@ quote = "1.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 libp2p = { path = "../.." }
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/misc/multiaddr/Cargo.toml b/misc/multiaddr/Cargo.toml
index 620dc637..c39fffcd 100644
--- a/misc/multiaddr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/misc/multiaddr/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ bincode = "1"
 quickcheck = "0.9.0"
 rand = "0.7.2"
 serde_json = "1.0"
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/misc/multistream-select/Cargo.toml b/misc/multistream-select/Cargo.toml
index e30081cf..a159e90a 100644
--- a/misc/multistream-select/Cargo.toml
+++ b/misc/multistream-select/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@ async-std = "1.6.2"
 quickcheck = "0.9.0"
 rand = "0.7.2"
 rw-stream-sink = "0.2.1"
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/misc/peer-id-generator/Cargo.toml b/misc/peer-id-generator/Cargo.toml
index 1c23bf1f..c4db202f 100644
--- a/misc/peer-id-generator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/misc/peer-id-generator/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 libp2p-core = { path = "../../core" }
 num_cpus = "1.8"
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/muxers/mplex/Cargo.toml b/muxers/mplex/Cargo.toml
index 936bc0bd..98158b00 100644
--- a/muxers/mplex/Cargo.toml
+++ b/muxers/mplex/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@ unsigned-varint = { version = "0.4", features = ["futures-codec"] }
 [dev-dependencies]
 async-std = "1.6.2"
 libp2p-tcp = { path = "../../transports/tcp", features = ["async-std"] }
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/muxers/yamux/Cargo.toml b/muxers/yamux/Cargo.toml
index 5d472e38..210c92fe 100644
--- a/muxers/yamux/Cargo.toml
+++ b/muxers/yamux/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ libp2p-core = { version = "0.20.0", path = "../../core" }
 parking_lot = "0.10"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 yamux = "0.4.5"
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/protocols/deflate/Cargo.toml b/protocols/deflate/Cargo.toml
index b96a7495..66e6ab85 100644
--- a/protocols/deflate/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/deflate/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@ async-std = "1.6.2"
 libp2p-tcp = { path = "../../transports/tcp", features = ["async-std"] }
 quickcheck = "0.9"
 rand = "0.7"
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/protocols/floodsub/Cargo.toml b/protocols/floodsub/Cargo.toml
index f293c500..f3cab94f 100644
--- a/protocols/floodsub/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/floodsub/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@ smallvec = "1.0"
 [build-dependencies]
 prost-build = "0.6"
 
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml b/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml
index 59ccb548..51ff0292 100644
--- a/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,3 +37,6 @@ quickcheck = "0.9.2"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 prost-build = "0.6"
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/protocols/identify/Cargo.toml b/protocols/identify/Cargo.toml
index 043a3bda..a356cf86 100644
--- a/protocols/identify/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/identify/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ libp2p-tcp = { path = "../../transports/tcp", features = ["async-std"] }
 [build-dependencies]
 prost-build = "0.6"
 
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml b/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml
index 3bb68e25..94b04630 100644
--- a/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,3 +44,6 @@ env_logger = "0.7.1"
 [build-dependencies]
 prost-build = "0.6"
 
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/protocols/mdns/Cargo.toml b/protocols/mdns/Cargo.toml
index cb7de95e..c9dd5632 100644
--- a/protocols/mdns/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/mdns/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ wasm-timer = "0.2.4"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 get_if_addrs = "0.5.3"
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/protocols/noise/Cargo.toml b/protocols/noise/Cargo.toml
index 7f513482..3bd4ba7f 100644
--- a/protocols/noise/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/noise/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,3 +36,6 @@ sodiumoxide = "0.2.5"
 [build-dependencies]
 prost-build = "0.6"
 
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/protocols/ping/Cargo.toml b/protocols/ping/Cargo.toml
index 695199b9..a7a8e413 100644
--- a/protocols/ping/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/ping/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,3 +24,6 @@ libp2p-tcp = { path = "../../transports/tcp", features = ["async-std"] }
 libp2p-secio = { path = "../../protocols/secio" }
 libp2p-yamux = { path = "../../muxers/yamux" }
 quickcheck = "0.9.0"
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/protocols/plaintext/Cargo.toml b/protocols/plaintext/Cargo.toml
index a1b9e6a9..02e03f0f 100644
--- a/protocols/plaintext/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/plaintext/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,3 +28,6 @@ rand = "0.7"
 [build-dependencies]
 prost-build = "0.6"
 
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/protocols/pnet/Cargo.toml b/protocols/pnet/Cargo.toml
index e2700834..48e32269 100644
--- a/protocols/pnet/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/pnet/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@ pin-project = "0.4.17"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 quickcheck = "0.9.0"
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/protocols/request-response/Cargo.toml b/protocols/request-response/Cargo.toml
index 79ee83d6..f4df4a04 100644
--- a/protocols/request-response/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/request-response/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ libp2p-noise = { path = "../noise" }
 libp2p-tcp = { path = "../../transports/tcp", features = ["async-std"] }
 libp2p-yamux = { path = "../../muxers/yamux" }
 rand = "0.7"
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/protocols/secio/Cargo.toml b/protocols/secio/Cargo.toml
index ae45eda0..5c58d827 100644
--- a/protocols/secio/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/secio/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,3 +50,6 @@ async-std = "1.6.2"
 criterion = "0.3"
 libp2p-mplex = { path = "../../muxers/mplex" }
 libp2p-tcp = { path = "../../transports/tcp", features = ["async-std"] }
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/swarm/Cargo.toml b/swarm/Cargo.toml
index 99848420..243de4eb 100644
--- a/swarm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/swarm/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@ void = "1"
 libp2p-mplex = { path = "../muxers/mplex" }
 quickcheck = "0.9.0"
 rand = "0.7.2"
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/transports/dns/Cargo.toml b/transports/dns/Cargo.toml
index 49c3f732..579216f9 100644
--- a/transports/dns/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transports/dns/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 libp2p-core = { version = "0.20.0", path = "../../core" }
 log = "0.4.1"
 futures = "0.3.1"
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/transports/tcp/Cargo.toml b/transports/tcp/Cargo.toml
index e5328209..ec08e940 100644
--- a/transports/tcp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transports/tcp/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ tokio = { version = "0.2", default-features = false, features = ["tcp"], optiona
 [dev-dependencies]
 libp2p-tcp = { path = ".", features = ["async-std"] }
 
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/transports/uds/Cargo.toml b/transports/uds/Cargo.toml
index 9ffe5434..870496db 100644
--- a/transports/uds/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transports/uds/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ tempfile = "3.0"
 
 [features]
 default = ["async-std"]
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/transports/wasm-ext/Cargo.toml b/transports/wasm-ext/Cargo.toml
index 324fee2a..37c36879 100644
--- a/transports/wasm-ext/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transports/wasm-ext/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@ wasm-bindgen-futures = "0.4.4"
 
 [features]
 websocket = []
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true
diff --git a/transports/websocket/Cargo.toml b/transports/websocket/Cargo.toml
index 017e263b..9795a0d0 100644
--- a/transports/websocket/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transports/websocket/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ webpki-roots = "0.18"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 libp2p-tcp = { path = "../tcp", features = ["async-std"] }
+
+[package.metadata.workspaces]
+independent = true