diff --git a/.config/hakari.toml b/.config/hakari.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aaa94a5dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/hakari.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+dep-format-version = "2"
+exact-versions = true
+hakari-package = "manta-workspace-hack"
+platforms = []
+resolver = "2"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0c7fe0978..f228e2ad7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -6,13 +6,24 @@ on:
       - 'main'
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 0 * * */2'
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
   RUSTFLAGS: -D warnings -A unknown-lints
   RUST_BACKTRACE: full
 jobs:
+  format:
+    name: Format
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - run: rustup update nightly && rustup default nightly && rustup component add rustfmt
+    - run: cargo fmt --all -- --check
   test:
     name: Test (${{ matrix.os }} + ${{ matrix.channel }})
+    needs: format
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -26,10 +37,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - run: rustup update ${{ matrix.channel }} --no-self-update && rustup default ${{ matrix.channel }}
-      - run: cargo test --all-features --workspace --release
+      - run: rustup update ${{ matrix.channel }} && rustup default ${{ matrix.channel }}
+      - run: cargo install cargo-nextest
+      - run: cargo nextest run --workspace --release --all-features
   lint:
     name: Lint (${{ matrix.os }} + ${{ matrix.channel }})
+    needs: format
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -43,19 +56,13 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - run: rustup update ${{ matrix.channel }} && rustup default ${{ matrix.channel }} && rustup component add clippy
       - run: cargo install cargo-hack
-      - run: cargo hack clippy --feature-powerset --workspace
-      - run: cargo hack clippy --feature-powerset --workspace --bins
-      - run: cargo hack clippy --feature-powerset --workspace --examples
-      - run: cargo hack clippy --feature-powerset --workspace --tests
-  format:
-    name: Format
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - run: rustup update nightly && rustup default nightly && rustup component add rustfmt
-    - run: cargo fmt --all -- --check
+      - run: cargo hack clippy --workspace --feature-powerset
+      - run: cargo hack clippy --workspace --feature-powerset --bins
+      - run: cargo hack clippy --workspace --feature-powerset --examples
+      - run: cargo hack clippy --workspace --feature-powerset --tests
   docs:
     name: Docs
+    needs: format
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -63,6 +70,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: RUSTDOCFLAGS="-D warnings --cfg doc_cfg" cargo +nightly doc --workspace --all-features --no-deps --document-private-items
   compile-bench:
     name: Compile Bench (${{ matrix.os }} + ${{ matrix.channel }})
+    needs: format
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -77,4 +85,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - run: rustup update ${{ matrix.channel }} && rustup default ${{ matrix.channel }}
-      - run: cargo bench --no-run --workspace --all-features
+      - run: cargo bench --workspace --no-run --all-features
+  workspace-hack-check:
+    name: Workspace Hack Check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - run: rustup update nightly && rustup default nightly
+      - run: cargo install cargo-hakari
+      - run: cargo hakari verify
+      - run: cargo hakari generate --diff
+      - run: cargo hakari manage-deps --dry-run
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9fc749ecf..bf1da7d02 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 ## [Unreleased]
 ### Added
 - [\#144](https://github.com/Manta-Network/manta-rs/pull/144) Add new release PR template for future releases
+- [\#145](https://github.com/Manta-Network/manta-rs/pull/145) Add `cargo-hakari` and `cargo-nextest` to speed up CI pipeline
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 218983c2c..845348c88 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ members = [
     "manta-parameters",
     "manta-pay",
     "manta-util",
+    "manta-workspace-hack",
 ]
diff --git a/manta-accounting/Cargo.toml b/manta-accounting/Cargo.toml
index 5b32e39c2..aa5105198 100644
--- a/manta-accounting/Cargo.toml
+++ b/manta-accounting/Cargo.toml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ manta-util = { path = "../manta-util", default-features = false, features = ["al
 parking_lot = { version = "0.12.0", optional = true, default-features = false }
 rand_chacha = { version = "0.3.1", optional = true, default-features = false }
 statrs = { version = "0.15.0", optional = true, default-features = false }
+manta-workspace-hack = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../manta-workspace-hack" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 manta-crypto = { path = "../manta-crypto", default-features = false, features = ["getrandom"] }
diff --git a/manta-benchmark/Cargo.toml b/manta-benchmark/Cargo.toml
index 2d57c280c..9457a188a 100644
--- a/manta-benchmark/Cargo.toml
+++ b/manta-benchmark/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ manta-pay = { path = "../manta-pay", default-features = false, features = ["grot
 wasm-bindgen = { version = "0.2.81", default-features = false }
 wasm-bindgen-test = { version = "0.3.30", default-features = false }
 web-sys = { version = "0.3.58", default-features = false, features = ["console"] }
+manta-workspace-hack = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../manta-workspace-hack" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = { version = "0.3.4", default-features = false }
diff --git a/manta-crypto/Cargo.toml b/manta-crypto/Cargo.toml
index 72c55e079..0e173d15d 100644
--- a/manta-crypto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/manta-crypto/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ derivative = { version = "2.2.0", default-features = false, features = ["use_cor
 manta-util = { path = "../manta-util", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 rand = { version = "0.8.4", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 rand_core = { version = "0.6.3", default-features = false }
+manta-workspace-hack = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../manta-workspace-hack" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand = "0.8.4"
diff --git a/manta-parameters/Cargo.toml b/manta-parameters/Cargo.toml
index 18a1d2b94..3b0f53ea8 100644
--- a/manta-parameters/Cargo.toml
+++ b/manta-parameters/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ std = ["anyhow?/std"]
 anyhow = { version = "1.0.57", optional = true, default-features = false }
 attohttpc = { version = "0.19.1", optional = true }
 blake3 = { version = "1.3.1", default-features = false }
+manta-workspace-hack = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../manta-workspace-hack" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 git2 = { version = "0.14.4", default-features = false }
diff --git a/manta-pay/Cargo.toml b/manta-pay/Cargo.toml
index 1fdf887cb..76efff574 100644
--- a/manta-pay/Cargo.toml
+++ b/manta-pay/Cargo.toml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ ark-std = { version = "0.3.0", optional = true, default-features = false }
 bip32 = { version = "0.3.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["bip39", "secp256k1"] }
 blake2 = { version = "0.10.4", default-features = false }
 bs58 = { version = "0.4.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
-clap = { version = "3.2.6", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["color", "derive", "std", "suggestions", "unicode", "wrap_help"] }
+clap = { version = "3.2.8", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["color", "derive", "std", "suggestions", "unicode", "wrap_help"] }
 derivative = { version = "2.2.0", default-features = false, features = ["use_core"] }
 futures = { version = "0.3.21", optional = true, default-features = false }
 indexmap = { version = "1.8.2", optional = true, default-features = false }
@@ -131,12 +131,13 @@ rayon = { version = "1.5.1", optional = true, default-features = false }
 reqwest = { version = "0.11.9", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["json"] }
 scale-codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.1.2", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["derive", "max-encoded-len"] }
 scale-info = { version = "2.1.2", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = { version = "1.0.79", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
+serde_json = { version = "1.0.82", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 tempfile = { version = "3.3.0", optional = true, default-features = false }
 tide = { version = "0.16.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["h1-server"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.18.2", optional = true, default-features = false }
 tokio-tungstenite = { version = "0.17.1", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["native-tls"] }
 ws_stream_wasm = { version = "0.7.3", optional = true, default-features = false }
+manta-workspace-hack = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../manta-workspace-hack" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 manta-crypto = { path = "../manta-crypto", default-features = false, features = ["getrandom"] }
diff --git a/manta-util/Cargo.toml b/manta-util/Cargo.toml
index c507c70cb..b95150fc3 100644
--- a/manta-util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/manta-util/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ crossbeam-channel = { version = "0.5.4", optional = true, default-features = fal
 rayon = { version = "1.5.3", optional = true, default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "1.0.137", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_with = { version = "1.14.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["macros"] }
+manta-workspace-hack = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../manta-workspace-hack" }
diff --git a/manta-workspace-hack/.gitattributes b/manta-workspace-hack/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e9dba4b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manta-workspace-hack/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Avoid putting conflict markers in the generated Cargo.toml file, since their presence breaks
+# Cargo.
+# Also do not check out the file as CRLF on Windows, as that's what hakari needs.
+Cargo.toml merge=binary -crlf
diff --git a/manta-workspace-hack/Cargo.toml b/manta-workspace-hack/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f195722d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manta-workspace-hack/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# This file is generated by `cargo hakari`.
+# To regenerate, run:
+#     cargo hakari generate
+
+[package]
+name = "manta-workspace-hack"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "workspace-hack package, managed by hakari"
+# You can choose to publish this crate: see https://docs.rs/cargo-hakari/latest/cargo_hakari/publishing.
+publish = false
+
+# The parts of the file between the BEGIN HAKARI SECTION and END HAKARI SECTION comments
+# are managed by hakari.
+
+### BEGIN HAKARI SECTION
+[dependencies]
+aes-gcm = { version = "0.9.4", features = ["aes", "alloc"] }
+anyhow = { version = "1.0.58", features = ["std"] }
+bitflags = { version = "1.3.2" }
+blake3 = { version = "1.3.1", default-features = false, features = ["digest", "std"] }
+block-buffer = { version = "0.9.0", default-features = false, features = ["block-padding"] }
+crypto-common = { version = "0.1.3", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+digest-93f6ce9d446188ac = { package = "digest", version = "0.10.3", features = ["alloc", "block-buffer", "core-api", "mac", "std", "subtle"] }
+digest-274715c4dabd11b0 = { package = "digest", version = "0.9.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "std"] }
+futures = { version = "0.3.21", features = ["alloc", "async-await", "executor", "futures-executor", "std"] }
+futures-channel = { version = "0.3.21", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "futures-sink", "sink", "std"] }
+futures-core = { version = "0.3.21", features = ["alloc", "std"] }
+futures-io = { version = "0.3.21", features = ["std"] }
+futures-sink = { version = "0.3.21", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "std"] }
+futures-task = { version = "0.3.21", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "std"] }
+futures-util = { version = "0.3.21", features = ["alloc", "async-await", "async-await-macro", "channel", "futures-channel", "futures-io", "futures-macro", "futures-sink", "io", "memchr", "sink", "slab", "std"] }
+generic-array = { version = "0.14.5", default-features = false, features = ["more_lengths"] }
+getrandom = { version = "0.2.7", default-features = false, features = ["js", "js-sys", "std", "wasm-bindgen"] }
+indexmap = { version = "1.9.1", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+log = { version = "0.4.17", default-features = false, features = ["kv_unstable", "kv_unstable_std", "std", "value-bag"] }
+memchr = { version = "2.5.0", features = ["std"] }
+num-traits = { version = "0.2.15", features = ["i128", "libm", "std"] }
+pbkdf2 = { version = "0.9.0", default-features = false, features = ["hmac", "sha2"] }
+ppv-lite86 = { version = "0.2.16", default-features = false, features = ["simd", "std"] }
+rand = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["alloc", "getrandom", "libc", "rand_chacha", "std", "std_rng"] }
+rand_chacha = { version = "0.3.1", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+rand_core = { version = "0.6.3", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "getrandom", "std"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0.137", features = ["alloc", "derive", "serde_derive", "std"] }
+serde_json = { version = "1.0.82", features = ["alloc", "std"] }
+sha2 = { version = "0.9.9", features = ["std"] }
+standback = { version = "0.2.17", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+subtle = { version = "2.4.1", default-features = false, features = ["i128"] }
+url = { version = "2.2.2", default-features = false, features = ["serde"] }
+web-sys = { version = "0.3.58", default-features = false, features = ["BinaryType", "Blob", "CloseEvent", "DomException", "Event", "EventTarget", "MessageEvent", "WebSocket", "console"] }
+zeroize = { version = "1.4.3", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "zeroize_derive"] }
+
+[build-dependencies]
+anyhow = { version = "1.0.58", features = ["std"] }
+blake3 = { version = "1.3.1", default-features = false, features = ["digest", "std"] }
+cc = { version = "1.0.73", default-features = false, features = ["jobserver", "parallel"] }
+crypto-common = { version = "0.1.3", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+digest-93f6ce9d446188ac = { package = "digest", version = "0.10.3", features = ["alloc", "block-buffer", "core-api", "mac", "std", "subtle"] }
+generic-array = { version = "0.14.5", default-features = false, features = ["more_lengths"] }
+log = { version = "0.4.17", default-features = false, features = ["kv_unstable", "kv_unstable_std", "std", "value-bag"] }
+num-traits = { version = "0.2.15", features = ["i128", "libm", "std"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0.137", features = ["alloc", "derive", "serde_derive", "std"] }
+standback = { version = "0.2.17", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+subtle = { version = "2.4.1", default-features = false, features = ["i128"] }
+syn = { version = "1.0.98", features = ["clone-impls", "derive", "extra-traits", "fold", "full", "parsing", "printing", "proc-macro", "quote", "visit", "visit-mut"] }
+
+### END HAKARI SECTION
diff --git a/manta-workspace-hack/build.rs b/manta-workspace-hack/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92518ef04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manta-workspace-hack/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// A build script is required for cargo to consider build dependencies.
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/manta-workspace-hack/src/lib.rs b/manta-workspace-hack/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22489f632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manta-workspace-hack/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// This is a stub lib.rs.