diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a9dd317ca..fd501d27d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Changed
+
+- **Breaking:** the `bincode` feature and binary serialization dependencies now use
+  `grovedb-bincode` 2.1.0 and its derive macros from crates.io, sharing the same
+  serialization traits as Platform. Existing bincode encodings and C interfaces
+  are unchanged, but Rust consumers must use the fork for compatible `Encode`/`Decode` traits.
+  The dependency switch does not automatically opt types into `DecodeUntrusted`.
+
 ## 0.44.0 - 2026-07-01
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 63049fbea..83db5f348 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 members = ["dash", "dash-network", "hashes", "internals", "fuzz", "rpc-client", "rpc-json", "rpc-integration-test", "key-wallet", "key-wallet-manager", "key-wallet-ffi", "dash-spv", "dash-spv-ffi", "git-state", "dash-network-seeds", "masternode-seeds-fetcher", "dash-spv-bench"]
 resolver = "2"
 
+[workspace.dependencies]
+bincode = { package = "grovedb-bincode", version = "=2.1.0" }
+bincode_derive = { package = "grovedb-bincode-derive", version = "=2.1.0" }
+
 [workspace.package]
 version = "0.45.0"
 
diff --git a/dash-network/Cargo.toml b/dash-network/Cargo.toml
index e8c5fa407..9aeaea805 100644
--- a/dash-network/Cargo.toml
+++ b/dash-network/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ ffi = []
 
 [dependencies]
 serde = { version = "1.0.219", default-features = false, features = ["derive"], optional = true }
-bincode = { version = "2.0.1", optional = true }
-bincode_derive = { version = "2.0.1", optional = true }
+bincode = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+bincode_derive = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 cbindgen = "0.29"
diff --git a/dash/Cargo.toml b/dash/Cargo.toml
index b830df1ee..ddc36f343 100644
--- a/dash/Cargo.toml
+++ b/dash/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ bitcoinconsensus = { version = "0.20.2-0.5.0", default-features = false, optiona
 hex_lit = "0.1.1"
 anyhow = { version= "1.0" }
 hex = { version= "0.4" }
-bincode = { version = "2.0.1", optional = true }
-bincode_derive = { version = "2.0.1", optional = true }
+bincode = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+bincode_derive = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 blsful = { git = "https://github.com/dashpay/agora-blsful", rev = "0c34a7a488a0bd1c9a9a2196e793b303ad35c900", optional = true }
 ed25519-dalek = { version = "2.1", features = ["rand_core"], optional = true }
 blake3 = "1.8.1"
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0.140"
 serde_test = "1.0.177"
 serde_derive = "1.0.219"
 secp256k1 = { features = [ "recovery", "rand", "hashes" ], version="0.30.0" }
-bincode = { version = "2.0.1", features = ["serde"] }
+bincode = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 assert_matches = "1.5.0"
 dashcore = { path = ".", features = ["core-block-hash-use-x11", "message_verification", "quorum_validation", "signer"] }
 criterion = "0.5"
diff --git a/hashes/Cargo.toml b/hashes/Cargo.toml
index 927b6fa1c..4be7636f5 100644
--- a/hashes/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hashes/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.219", default-features = false, optional = true }
 actual-schemars = { package = "schemars", version = "1.0", optional = true }
 
 rs-x11-hash = { version = "0.1.8", optional = true }
-bincode = { version = "2.0.1", optional = true }
+bincode = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 serde_test = "1.0"
diff --git a/key-wallet-manager/Cargo.toml b/key-wallet-manager/Cargo.toml
index f733fffe7..fdc1df3f9 100644
--- a/key-wallet-manager/Cargo.toml
+++ b/key-wallet-manager/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt", "sync"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 zeroize = { version = "1.8", features = ["derive"] }
 rayon = { version = "1.11", optional = true }
-bincode = { version = "2.0.1", optional = true }
+bincode = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/key-wallet/Cargo.toml b/key-wallet/Cargo.toml
index ca4598a91..7342ef093 100644
--- a/key-wallet/Cargo.toml
+++ b/key-wallet/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ sha2 = { version = "0.10", default-features = false }
 bs58 = { version = "0.5", default-features = false, features = ["check", "alloc"], optional = true }
 rand = { version = "0.8", default-features = false, features = ["std", "std_rng"], optional = true }
 # Serialization
-bincode = { version = "2.0.1", optional = true }
-bincode_derive = { version = "2.0.1", optional = true }
+bincode = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+bincode_derive = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 base64 = { version = "0.22", optional = true }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 hex = { version = "0.4"}
diff --git a/rpc-json/Cargo.toml b/rpc-json/Cargo.toml
index ca35aa161..693da1b38 100644
--- a/rpc-json/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rpc-json/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ hex = { version="0.4", features=["serde"]}
 key-wallet = { path = "../key-wallet", default-features = false, features=["serde", "getrandom"] }
 dashcore = { path = "../dash", features=["secp-recovery", "rand-std", "signer", "serde"] }
 
-bincode = { version = "2.0.1", features = ["serde"] }
+bincode = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }