diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 60f6edf..3091b83 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -201,6 +201,38 @@ version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "89b2fd2a0dcf38d7971e2194b6b6eebab45ae01067456a7fd93d5547a61b70be"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "camino"
+version = "1.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c59e92b5a388f549b863a7bea62612c09f24c8393560709a54558a9abdfb3b9c"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cargo-platform"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2cfa25e60aea747ec7e1124f238816749faa93759c6ff5b31f1ccdda137f4479"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cargo_metadata"
+version = "0.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e7daec1a2a2129eeba1644b220b4647ec537b0b5d4bfd6876fcc5a540056b592"
+dependencies = [
+ "camino",
+ "cargo-platform",
+ "semver",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
 version = "1.0.79"
@@ -525,9 +557,11 @@ name = "cuddle-please-release-strategy"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "cargo_metadata",
  "pretty_assertions",
  "semver",
  "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "tempdir",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-test",
@@ -2197,6 +2231,9 @@ name = "semver"
 version = "1.0.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b0293b4b29daaf487284529cc2f5675b8e57c61f70167ba415a463651fd6a918"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 16bc1a1..98896af 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.3.19", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 dotenv = { version = "0.15.0" }
 url = { version = "2.4.0" }
 serde_yaml = { version = "0.9.25" }
+serde_json = { version = "*" }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 semver = "1.0.18"
 conventional_commit_parser = "0.9.4"
diff --git a/ci/src/main.rs b/ci/src/main.rs
index 6d5f8d5..c557b39 100644
--- a/ci/src/main.rs
+++ b/ci/src/main.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use clap::ValueEnum;
 
 use dagger_sdk::Platform;
 use dagger_sdk::QueryContainerOpts;
-use futures::StreamExt;
 
 use crate::please_release::run_release_please;
 
diff --git a/crates/cuddle-please-release-strategy/Cargo.toml b/crates/cuddle-please-release-strategy/Cargo.toml
index 8869eac..1430c07 100644
--- a/crates/cuddle-please-release-strategy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cuddle-please-release-strategy/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ anyhow.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 semver.workspace = true
+cargo_metadata = "0.17.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tracing-test = { workspace = true, features = ["no-env-filter"] }
 pretty_assertions.workspace = true
 tempdir.workspace = true
+serde_json.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 rust-workspace = []
@@ -27,5 +29,6 @@ json-edit = []
 yaml-edit = []
 
 default = [
-  "json-edit"
+  "json-edit",
+  "rust-workspace"
 ]
diff --git a/crates/cuddle-please-release-strategy/src/lib.rs b/crates/cuddle-please-release-strategy/src/lib.rs
index 8ff1005..7e8076f 100644
--- a/crates/cuddle-please-release-strategy/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/cuddle-please-release-strategy/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "json-edit")]
 mod json_edit;
+#[cfg(feature = "rust-workspace")]
+mod rust_workspace;
 mod strategy;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "json-edit")]
 pub use json_edit::JsonEditOptions;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "rust-workspace")]
+pub use rust_workspace::RustWorkspaceOptions;
diff --git a/crates/cuddle-please-release-strategy/src/rust_workspace.rs b/crates/cuddle-please-release-strategy/src/rust_workspace.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0514011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/cuddle-please-release-strategy/src/rust_workspace.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+use anyhow::Context;
+use cargo_metadata::camino::{Utf8Path, Utf8PathBuf};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+fn lock_step_default() -> bool {
+    true
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct RustWorkspaceOptions {
+    #[serde(default = "lock_step_default")]
+    pub lock_step: bool,
+}
+
+impl RustWorkspaceOptions {
+    pub fn execute(&self, path: &Path, next_version: impl AsRef<str>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let members = self.get_workspace(path)?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_workspace(&self, path: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<cargo_metadata::Package>> {
+        let entries = std::fs::read_dir(path)
+            .context(anyhow::anyhow!("could not read dir: {}", path.display()))?
+            .flatten()
+            .filter(|p| p.file_name().to_str().unwrap() == "Cargo.toml")
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+        let cargo_manifest_file = match entries.first() {
+            Some(x) => x,
+            None => anyhow::bail!("did not find any Cargo.toml in: {}", path.display()),
+        };
+
+        let mut cmd = cargo_metadata::MetadataCommand::new();
+
+        let manifest = cmd
+            .no_deps()
+            .manifest_path(cargo_manifest_file.path())
+            .exec()
+            .context("could not parse manifest")?;
+
+        let members = manifest.workspace_members.iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        let workspace_members = manifest
+            .packages
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter(|p| members.contains(&&p.id))
+            .map(|mut p| {
+                p.manifest_path = abs_path(&p.manifest_path);
+
+                for dependency in p.dependencies.iter_mut() {
+                    dependency.path = dependency.path.take().map(|path| abs_path(&path))
+                }
+
+                p
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+        Ok(workspace_members)
+    }
+}
+
+fn abs_path(path: &Utf8Path) -> Utf8PathBuf {
+    match path.canonicalize_utf8() {
+        Ok(path) => path,
+        Err(e) => {
+            tracing::debug!("failed to transform manifest_path into abs path: {}", path);
+            path.to_path_buf()
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/cuddle-please-release-strategy/tests/rust_workspace_test.rs b/crates/cuddle-please-release-strategy/tests/rust_workspace_test.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0594d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/cuddle-please-release-strategy/tests/rust_workspace_test.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+use cargo_metadata::{
+    camino::{Utf8Path, Utf8PathBuf},
+    Package,
+};
+use cuddle_please_release_strategy::RustWorkspaceOptions;
+use serde_json::json;
+use tracing_test::traced_test;
+
+#[test]
+#[traced_test]
+fn test_can_read_manifest() {
+    let temp = tempdir::TempDir::new("test_rust_workspace_can_read_manifest").unwrap();
+    let temp_path = temp.path();
+
+    std::fs::write(
+        temp_path.join("Cargo.toml"),
+        r#"
+[workspace]            
+members = [
+  "nested"
+]
+
+[workspace.dependencies]
+nested = { path = "nested" }
+        "#,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(temp_path.join("nested")).unwrap();
+    std::fs::write(
+        temp_path.join("nested").join("Cargo.toml"),
+        r#"
+[package]
+name = "nested"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+nested.workspace = true
+        "#,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(temp_path.join("nested").join("src")).unwrap();
+    std::fs::write(
+        temp_path.join("nested").join("src").join("lib.rs"),
+        r#"
+#[test]
+test () {}
+"#,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+
+    let options = RustWorkspaceOptions { lock_step: true };
+
+    let members = options.get_workspace(temp_path).unwrap();
+
+    assert!(!members.is_empty());
+    let first = members.first().unwrap();
+    pretty_assertions::assert_eq!("nested", &first.name);
+}