diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c3839499667..5184c7691e8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ backtrace = "0.3"
 criterion = { version = "0.5.1", default-features = false }
 document-features = " 0.2.8"
 glow = "0.13"
+image = { version = "0.24", default-features = false }
 log = { version = "0.4", features = ["std"] }
 nohash-hasher = "0.2"
 parking_lot = "0.12"
diff --git a/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml b/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml
index da1aea6badf..4d9e61bfb9f 100644
--- a/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml
@@ -152,9 +152,7 @@ egui-winit = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = [
   "clipboard",
   "links",
 ] }
-image = { version = "0.24", default-features = false, features = [
-  "png",
-] } # Needed for app icon
+image = { workspace = true, features = ["png"] } # Needed for app icon
 winit = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["rwh_06"] }
 
 # optional native:
diff --git a/crates/egui_demo_app/Cargo.toml b/crates/egui_demo_app/Cargo.toml
index b928702e08b..7939e74cd25 100644
--- a/crates/egui_demo_app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/egui_demo_app/Cargo.toml
@@ -62,10 +62,7 @@ wgpu = { workspace = true, features = ["webgpu", "webgl"], optional = true }
 
 # feature "http":
 ehttp = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
-image = { version = "0.24", optional = true, default-features = false, features = [
-  "jpeg",
-  "png",
-] }
+image = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["jpeg", "png"] }
 poll-promise = { version = "0.3", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
 # feature "persistence":
diff --git a/crates/egui_extras/Cargo.toml b/crates/egui_extras/Cargo.toml
index a0829180924..8c08a41238e 100644
--- a/crates/egui_extras/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/egui_extras/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ http = ["dep:ehttp"]
 ##
 ## You also need to ALSO opt-in to the image formats you want to support, like so:
 ## ```toml
-## image = { version = "0.24", features = ["jpeg", "png"] } # Add the types you want support for
-
+## image = { version = "*", features = ["jpeg", "png"] } # Add the types you want support for
 ## ```
 image = ["dep:image"]
 
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4", optional = true, default-features = false, features
 ## Enable this when generating docs.
 document-features = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
-image = { version = "0.24", optional = true, default-features = false }
+image = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 # file feature
 mime_guess2 = { version = "2", optional = true, default-features = false }
diff --git a/examples/images/Cargo.toml b/examples/images/Cargo.toml
index b6cb142f723..6e4740841f8 100644
--- a/examples/images/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/images/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,4 @@ env_logger = { version = "0.10", default-features = false, features = [
   "auto-color",
   "humantime",
 ] }
-image = { version = "0.24", default-features = false, features = [
-  "jpeg",
-  "png",
-] }
+image = { workspace = true, features = ["jpeg", "png"] }
diff --git a/examples/save_plot/Cargo.toml b/examples/save_plot/Cargo.toml
index cb31594343c..b0131067187 100644
--- a/examples/save_plot/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/save_plot/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ eframe = { workspace = true, features = [
     "__screenshot", # __screenshot is so we can dump a screenshot using EFRAME_SCREENSHOT_TO
 ] }
 egui_plot.workspace = true
-image = { version = "0.24", default-features = false, features = ["png"] }
+image = { workspace = true, features = ["png"] }
 rfd = "0.13.0"
 env_logger = { version = "0.10", default-features = false, features = [
     "auto-color",
diff --git a/examples/screenshot/Cargo.toml b/examples/screenshot/Cargo.toml
index 5c7bbbeec42..1da2e46cb0d 100644
--- a/examples/screenshot/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/screenshot/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ env_logger = { version = "0.10", default-features = false, features = [
     "auto-color",
     "humantime",
 ] }
-image = { version = "0.24", default-features = false, features = ["png"] }
+image = { workspace = true, features = ["png"] }