diff --git a/internal/cargo/cargo.go b/internal/cargo/cargo.go
index 89d3e00..f7dc885 100644
--- a/internal/cargo/cargo.go
+++ b/internal/cargo/cargo.go
@@ -19,13 +19,26 @@ func init() {
 // cargoTomlParser parses Cargo.toml files.
 type cargoTomlParser struct{}
 
+// inheritableString decodes a Cargo [package] field that may be a literal
+// string or the workspace-inheritance table form {workspace = true}. The
+// inherited value is not resolvable from a single file, so the table form
+// yields the zero value instead of failing the whole decode.
+type inheritableString string
+
+func (s *inheritableString) UnmarshalTOML(v any) error {
+	if str, ok := v.(string); ok {
+		*s = inheritableString(str)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (p *cargoTomlParser) Parse(filename string, content []byte) (*core.Result, error) {
 	var cargo struct {
 		Package struct {
-			Name        string `toml:"name"`
-			Version     string `toml:"version"`
-			License     string `toml:"license"`
-			LicenseFile string `toml:"license-file"`
+			Name        string            `toml:"name"`
+			Version     inheritableString `toml:"version"`
+			License     inheritableString `toml:"license"`
+			LicenseFile inheritableString `toml:"license-file"`
 		} `toml:"package"`
 		Dependencies      map[string]any `toml:"dependencies"`
 		DevDependencies   map[string]any `toml:"dev-dependencies"`
@@ -72,13 +85,13 @@ func (p *cargoTomlParser) Parse(filename string, content []byte) (*core.Result,
 
 	var licenses []string
 	if cargo.Package.License != "" {
-		licenses = []string{cargo.Package.License}
+		licenses = []string{string(cargo.Package.License)}
 	}
 	return &core.Result{
 		Name:         pkgName,
-		Version:      cargo.Package.Version,
+		Version:      string(cargo.Package.Version),
 		Licenses:     licenses,
-		LicenseFile:  cargo.Package.LicenseFile,
+		LicenseFile:  string(cargo.Package.LicenseFile),
 		Dependencies: filtered,
 		Declarations: declarations,
 	}, nil
diff --git a/internal/cargo/cargo_test.go b/internal/cargo/cargo_test.go
index 5dd4d0e..6c63322 100644
--- a/internal/cargo/cargo_test.go
+++ b/internal/cargo/cargo_test.go
@@ -123,6 +123,60 @@ anyhow = "=1.0.0"
 	}
 }
 
+func TestCargoTomlWorkspaceInheritedPackageFields(t *testing.T) {
+	content := []byte(`[package]
+name = "member"
+version.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+license-file = { workspace = true }
+edition.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+serde = "1.0"
+`)
+
+	parser := &cargoTomlParser{}
+	result, err := parser.Parse("Cargo.toml", content)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Parse failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if result.Name != "member" {
+		t.Errorf("Name = %q, want %q", result.Name, "member")
+	}
+	if result.Version != "" {
+		t.Errorf("Version = %q, want empty for workspace-inherited", result.Version)
+	}
+	if result.Licenses != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Licenses = %v, want nil for workspace-inherited", result.Licenses)
+	}
+	if result.LicenseFile != "" {
+		t.Errorf("LicenseFile = %q, want empty for workspace-inherited", result.LicenseFile)
+	}
+	if len(result.Dependencies) != 1 || result.Dependencies[0].Name != "serde" {
+		t.Fatalf("Dependencies = %+v, want [serde]", result.Dependencies)
+	}
+
+	literal := []byte(`[package]
+name = "root"
+version = "1.2.3"
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+license-file = "COPYING"
+`)
+	result, err = parser.Parse("Cargo.toml", literal)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Parse literal failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if result.Version != "1.2.3" {
+		t.Errorf("literal Version = %q, want %q", result.Version, "1.2.3")
+	}
+	if len(result.Licenses) != 1 || result.Licenses[0] != "MIT OR Apache-2.0" {
+		t.Errorf("literal Licenses = %v, want [MIT OR Apache-2.0]", result.Licenses)
+	}
+	if result.LicenseFile != "COPYING" {
+		t.Errorf("literal LicenseFile = %q, want %q", result.LicenseFile, "COPYING")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestCargoLock(t *testing.T) {
 	content, err := os.ReadFile("../../testdata/cargo/Cargo.lock")
 	if err != nil {