diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 02357e32a1..363a63153f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ aes = "0.8.2"
 anyhow = { version = "1.0.69", default-features = false } # Default features are disabled due to usage in no_std crates
 async-executor = "1.5.0"
 async-global-executor = "2.3.1"
+async-io = "=1.13.0"
 async-rustls = "0.4.0"
 async-std = { version = "=1.12.0", default-features = false } # Default features are disabled due to some crates' requirements
 async-trait = "0.1.60"
diff --git a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixpipe/Cargo.toml b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixpipe/Cargo.toml
index 51e746a2d3..bf8d2a2c08 100644
--- a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixpipe/Cargo.toml
+++ b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixpipe/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ transport_unixpipe = []
 [dependencies]
 async-std = { workspace = true }
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
-async-io = ">= 1.13.0"
+async-io = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 rand = { workspace = true, features = ["default"] }
 zenoh-buffers = { workspace = true }
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ zenoh-protocol = { workspace = true }
 zenoh-result = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
-unix-named-pipe = ">= 0.2.0"
+unix-named-pipe = "=0.2.0"
 nix = { workspace = true }
-filepath = ">=0.1.2"
+filepath = "=0.1.2"
 
 [target.'cfg(all(not(target_os="macos"), unix))'.dependencies]
-advisory-lock = ">= 0.3.0"
+advisory-lock = "=0.3.0"