diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6ca8d776b..3a0905234 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-ninja
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
       - name: test
-        run: cargo test --workspace --all-targets
+        run: cargo test --all-targets
       - name: test no-default-features
         run: cargo test -p prost-build -p prost-derive -p prost-types --all-targets --no-default-features
       # Run doc tests separately: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/6669
       - name: test doc
-        run: cargo test --workspace --doc
+        run: cargo test --doc
       - name: test doc no-default-features
         run: cargo test -p prost-build -p prost-derive -p prost-types --doc --no-default-features
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
       - uses: taiki-e/install-action@cargo-hack
       - uses: taiki-e/install-action@cargo-minimal-versions
-      - run: cargo minimal-versions --no-private check --workspace --all-features
+      - run: cargo minimal-versions --no-private check --all-features
 
   kani:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           crate: cargo-no-std-check
       - name: prost cargo-no-std-check
-        run: cargo no-std-check --manifest-path Cargo.toml --no-default-features
+        run: cargo no-std-check --manifest-path prost/Cargo.toml --no-default-features
       - name: prost-types cargo-no-std-check
         run: cargo no-std-check --manifest-path prost-types/Cargo.toml --no-default-features
       # prost-build depends on prost with --no-default-features, but when
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f93ae8156..0792412ff 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,25 +1,7 @@
-[package]
-name = "prost"
-version = "0.12.4"
-authors = [
-    "Dan Burkert <dan@danburkert.com>",
-    "Lucio Franco <luciofranco14@gmail.com>",
-    "Casper Meijn <casper@meijn.net>",
-    "Tokio Contributors <team@tokio.rs>",
-]
-license = "Apache-2.0"
-repository = "https://github.com/tokio-rs/prost"
-documentation = "https://docs.rs/prost"
-readme = "README.md"
-description = "A Protocol Buffers implementation for the Rust Language."
-keywords = ["protobuf", "serialization"]
-categories = ["encoding"]
-edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.70"
-
 [workspace]
 members = [
   "conformance",
+  "prost",
   "prost-build",
   "prost-derive",
   "prost-types",
@@ -38,31 +20,7 @@ exclude = [
   "afl",
 ]
 
-[lib]
-# https://bheisler.github.io/criterion.rs/book/faq.html#cargo-bench-gives-unrecognized-option-errors-for-valid-command-line-options
-bench = false
-
-[features]
-default = ["derive", "std"]
-derive = ["dep:prost-derive"]
-prost-derive = ["derive"]     # deprecated, please use derive feature instead
-no-recursion-limit = []
-std = []
-
-[dependencies]
-bytes = { version = "1", default-features = false }
-prost-derive = { version = "0.12.4", path = "prost-derive", optional = true }
-
-[dev-dependencies]
-criterion = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
-env_logger = { version = "0.10", default-features = false }
-log = "0.4"
-proptest = "1"
-rand = "0.8"
+resolver = "2"
 
 [profile.bench]
 debug = true
-
-[[bench]]
-name = "varint"
-harness = false
diff --git a/conformance/Cargo.toml b/conformance/Cargo.toml
index 5333b64fa..4bf97de0e 100644
--- a/conformance/Cargo.toml
+++ b/conformance/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 bytes = "1"
 env_logger = { version = "0.10", default-features = false }
-prost = { path = ".." }
+prost = { path = "../prost" }
 protobuf = { path = "../protobuf" }
 tests = { path = "../tests" }
diff --git a/prost-build/Cargo.toml b/prost-build/Cargo.toml
index aaf6698d7..809828be5 100644
--- a/prost-build/Cargo.toml
+++ b/prost-build/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ itertools = { version = ">=0.10, <=0.12", default-features = false, features = [
 log = "0.4.4"
 multimap = { version = ">=0.8, <=0.10", default-features = false }
 petgraph = { version = "0.6", default-features = false }
-prost = { version = "0.12.4", path = "..", default-features = false }
+prost = { version = "0.12.4", path = "../prost", default-features = false }
 prost-types = { version = "0.12.4", path = "../prost-types", default-features = false }
 tempfile = "3"
 once_cell = "1.17.1"
diff --git a/prost-types/Cargo.toml b/prost-types/Cargo.toml
index cfd645435..28f0ddb32 100644
--- a/prost-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/prost-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ default = ["std"]
 std = ["prost/std"]
 
 [dependencies]
-prost = { version = "0.12.4", path = "..", default-features = false, features = ["prost-derive"] }
+prost = { version = "0.12.4", path = "../prost", default-features = false, features = ["prost-derive"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 proptest = "1"
diff --git a/prost/Cargo.toml b/prost/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..965505733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prost/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+[package]
+name = "prost"
+version = "0.12.4"
+authors = [
+  "Dan Burkert <dan@danburkert.com>",
+  "Lucio Franco <luciofranco14@gmail.com>",
+  "Casper Meijn <casper@meijn.net>",
+  "Tokio Contributors <team@tokio.rs>",
+]
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+repository = "https://github.com/tokio-rs/prost"
+documentation = "https://docs.rs/prost"
+readme = "../README.md"
+description = "A Protocol Buffers implementation for the Rust Language."
+keywords = ["protobuf", "serialization"]
+categories = ["encoding"]
+edition = "2021"
+rust-version = "1.70"
+
+[lib]
+# https://bheisler.github.io/criterion.rs/book/faq.html#cargo-bench-gives-unrecognized-option-errors-for-valid-command-line-options
+bench = false
+
+[features]
+default = ["derive", "std"]
+derive = ["dep:prost-derive"]
+prost-derive = ["derive"]     # deprecated, please use derive feature instead
+no-recursion-limit = []
+std = []
+
+[dependencies]
+bytes = { version = "1", default-features = false }
+prost-derive = { version = "0.12.4", path = "../prost-derive", optional = true }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+criterion = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
+env_logger = { version = "0.10", default-features = false }
+log = "0.4"
+proptest = "1"
+rand = "0.8"
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "varint"
+harness = false
diff --git a/benches/varint.rs b/prost/benches/varint.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from benches/varint.rs
rename to prost/benches/varint.rs
diff --git a/src/encoding.rs b/prost/src/encoding.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/encoding.rs
rename to prost/src/encoding.rs
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/prost/src/error.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/error.rs
rename to prost/src/error.rs
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/prost/src/lib.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from src/lib.rs
rename to prost/src/lib.rs
index 756e5afbc..32b36f5cf 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/prost/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/prost/0.12.2")]
 #![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
-#![doc = include_str!("../README.md")]
+#![doc = include_str!("../../README.md")]
 
 // Re-export the alloc crate for use within derived code.
 #[doc(hidden)]
diff --git a/src/message.rs b/prost/src/message.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/message.rs
rename to prost/src/message.rs
diff --git a/src/name.rs b/prost/src/name.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/name.rs
rename to prost/src/name.rs
diff --git a/src/types.rs b/prost/src/types.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/types.rs
rename to prost/src/types.rs
diff --git a/protobuf/Cargo.toml b/protobuf/Cargo.toml
index 682f17285..c2d4fd6c7 100644
--- a/protobuf/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protobuf/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ publish = false
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-prost = { path = ".." }
+prost = { path = "../prost" }
 prost-types = { path = "../prost-types" }
 
 [build-dependencies]
diff --git a/tests-2015/Cargo.toml b/tests-2015/Cargo.toml
index cdb48cabf..cbdd181ca 100644
--- a/tests-2015/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests-2015/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ std = []
 anyhow = "1.0.1"
 bytes = "1"
 cfg-if = "1"
-prost = { path = ".." }
+prost = { path = "../prost" }
 prost-types = { path = "../prost-types" }
 protobuf = { path = "../protobuf" }
 
diff --git a/tests-no-std/Cargo.toml b/tests-no-std/Cargo.toml
index d8fc10d64..aeb1626ca 100644
--- a/tests-no-std/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests-no-std/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ path = "../tests/src/lib.rs"
 anyhow = { version = "1.0.45", default-features = false }
 bytes = { version = "1", default-features = false }
 cfg-if = "1"
-prost = { path = "..", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
+prost = { path = "../prost", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 prost-types = { path = "../prost-types", default-features = false }
 protobuf = { path = "../protobuf" }
 
diff --git a/tests/Cargo.toml b/tests/Cargo.toml
index edc2fa86e..3735ee660 100644
--- a/tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ std = []
 anyhow = "1.0.1"
 # bytes = "1"
 cfg-if = "1"
-prost = { path = ".." }
+prost = { path = "../prost" }
 prost-types = { path = "../prost-types" }
 protobuf = { path = "../protobuf" }
 
diff --git a/tests/single-include/Cargo.toml b/tests/single-include/Cargo.toml
index d95c9852c..63a9b86cb 100644
--- a/tests/single-include/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/single-include/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ publish = false
 license = "MIT"
 
 [dependencies]
-prost = { path = "../.." }
+prost = { path = "../../prost" }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 prost-build = { path = "../../prost-build" }