diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 15b59b0..023bad8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,24 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 4
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "1.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ddd31a130427c27518df266943a5308ed92d4b226cc639f5a8f1002816174301"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "android_system_properties"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "819e7219dbd41043ac279b19830f2efc897156490d7fd6ea916720117ee66311"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "0.6.21"
@@ -75,6 +93,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "autocfg"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c08606f8c3cbf4ce6ec8e28fb0014a2c086708fe954eaa885384a6165172e7e8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "2.10.0"
@@ -99,12 +123,35 @@ version = "3.19.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5dd9dc738b7a8311c7ade152424974d8115f2cdad61e8dab8dac9f2362298510"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cc"
+version = "1.2.51"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a0aeaff4ff1a90589618835a598e545176939b97874f7abc7851caa0618f203"
+dependencies = [
+ "find-msvc-tools",
+ "shlex",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9330f8b2ff13f34540b44e946ef35111825727b38d33286ef986142615121801"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "chrono"
+version = "0.4.42"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "145052bdd345b87320e369255277e3fb5152762ad123a901ef5c262dd38fe8d2"
+dependencies = [
+ "iana-time-zone",
+ "js-sys",
+ "num-traits",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "windows-link",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "4.5.53"
@@ -200,6 +247,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-segmentation",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "core-foundation-sys"
+version = "0.8.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "773648b94d0e5d620f64f280777445740e61fe701025087ec8b57f45c791888b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cpufeatures"
 version = "0.2.17"
@@ -240,6 +293,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "uuid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "debmagic-common"
+version = "0.0.1-alpha1"
+dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
+ "regex",
+ "test-case",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "digest"
 version = "0.10.7"
@@ -300,6 +362,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "typeid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "find-msvc-tools"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "645cbb3a84e60b7531617d5ae4e57f7e27308f6445f5abf653209ea76dec8dff"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "foldhash"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -375,6 +443,30 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "iana-time-zone"
+version = "0.1.64"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "33e57f83510bb73707521ebaffa789ec8caf86f9657cad665b092b581d40e9fb"
+dependencies = [
+ "android_system_properties",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "iana-time-zone-haiku",
+ "js-sys",
+ "log",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "windows-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "iana-time-zone-haiku"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f31827a206f56af32e590ba56d5d2d085f558508192593743f16b2306495269f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
 version = "1.70.2"
@@ -424,12 +516,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "log"
+version = "0.4.29"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5e5032e24019045c762d3c0f28f5b6b8bbf38563a65908389bf7978758920897"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.7.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f52b00d39961fc5b2736ea853c9cc86238e165017a493d1d5c8eac6bdc4cc273"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-traits"
+version = "0.2.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "071dfc062690e90b734c0b2273ce72ad0ffa95f0c74596bc250dcfd960262841"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.21.3"
@@ -542,6 +649,35 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.12.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "843bc0191f75f3e22651ae5f1e72939ab2f72a4bc30fa80a066bd66edefc24d4"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-automata",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.4.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5276caf25ac86c8d810222b3dbb938e512c55c6831a10f3e6ed1c93b84041f1c"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.8.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a2d987857b319362043e95f5353c0535c1f58eec5336fdfcf626430af7def58"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ron"
 version = "0.12.0"
@@ -647,6 +783,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "shlex"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0fda2ff0d084019ba4d7c6f371c95d8fd75ce3524c3cb8fb653a3023f6323e64"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.11.1"
@@ -664,6 +806,39 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "test-case"
+version = "3.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eb2550dd13afcd286853192af8601920d959b14c401fcece38071d53bf0768a8"
+dependencies = [
+ "test-case-macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "test-case-core"
+version = "3.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "adcb7fd841cd518e279be3d5a3eb0636409487998a4aff22f3de87b81e88384f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "test-case-macros"
+version = "3.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c89e72a01ed4c579669add59014b9a524d609c0c88c6a585ce37485879f6ffb"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+ "test-case-core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "2.0.17"
@@ -837,12 +1012,65 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-core"
+version = "0.62.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8e83a14d34d0623b51dce9581199302a221863196a1dde71a7663a4c2be9deb"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-implement",
+ "windows-interface",
+ "windows-link",
+ "windows-result",
+ "windows-strings",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-implement"
+version = "0.60.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "053e2e040ab57b9dc951b72c264860db7eb3b0200ba345b4e4c3b14f67855ddf"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-interface"
+version = "0.59.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3f316c4a2570ba26bbec722032c4099d8c8bc095efccdc15688708623367e358"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-link"
 version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f0805222e57f7521d6a62e36fa9163bc891acd422f971defe97d64e70d0a4fe5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-result"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7781fa89eaf60850ac3d2da7af8e5242a5ea78d1a11c49bf2910bb5a73853eb5"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-link",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-strings"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7837d08f69c77cf6b07689544538e017c1bfcf57e34b4c0ff58e6c2cd3b37091"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-link",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.61.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1bdec8a..aa675db 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
 [workspace]
 resolver = "3"
-members = ["packages/debmagic"]
+members = ["packages/debmagic", "packages/debmagic-common"]
 
 [workspace.package]
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.89"
+
+[workspace.dependencies]
+clap = { version = ">=4.5.23", features = ["derive"] }
+anyhow = { version = ">=1.0.95" }
+config = { version = ">=0.15.9", features = ["toml"] }
+dirs = ">=5.0.0"
+# thiserror = "2.0.17" # for future uses when we need clearer error handling
+glob = ">=0.3.2"
+libc = ">=0.2.169"
+serde = { version = ">=1.0.217", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = ">=1.0.139"
+uuid = { version = ">=1.10.0", features = ["v4"] }
+chrono = { version = ">=0.4.42" }
+regex = { version = ">=1.12.2" }
+
+# dev dependencies
+test-case = { version = ">=3.3.1" }
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 51f121d..a6c2c79 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ Build-Depends:
  librust-libc-dev (>=0.2.169),
  librust-serde-dev (>=1.0.217),
  librust-serde-json-dev (>=1.0.139),
- librust-uuid-dev (>=1.10.0)
+ librust-uuid-dev (>=1.10.0),
+ librust-chrono-dev (>=0.4.42),
+ librust-regex-dev (>=1.12.2),
+ librust-test-case-dev (>=3.3.1),
+ librust-pyo3-dev (>=0.27.2)
 Rules-Requires-Root: no
 X-Style: black
 Standards-Version: 4.7.2
@@ -29,21 +33,10 @@ Homepage: https://github.com/SFTtech/debmagic
 Vcs-Git: https://github.com/SFTtech/debmagic.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/SFTtech/debmagic
 
-Package: python3-debmagic-common
-Architecture: all
-Depends:
- python3-debian,
- ${misc:Depends},
- ${python3:Depends}
-Multi-Arch: foreign
-Description: Shared components for the debmagic debian buildtool suite
- Collection of utilities and type definitions used in both the debmagic cli
- buildtool as well as the debmagic python debian rules file library.
-
 Package: debmagic-pkg
 Architecture: all
 Depends:
- python3-debmagic-common,
+ python3-debian,
  python3-pydantic,
  ${misc:Depends},
  ${python3:Depends}
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 1876b00..2d216ec 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -6,12 +6,7 @@ import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
 packages_root = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "packages"
-sys.path.extend(
-    [
-        str(packages_root / "debmagic-common" / "src"),
-        str(packages_root / "debmagic-pkg" / "src"),
-    ]
-)
+sys.path.append(str(packages_root / "debmagic-pkg" / "src"))
 
 from debmagic.v0 import package, dh, Build
 
@@ -31,7 +26,6 @@ os.environ.update({
 })
 
 packages = {
-    "python3-debmagic-common": ("packages/debmagic-common", "debmagic-common"),
     "debmagic": ("packages/debmagic", "debmagic"),
     "debmagic-pkg": ("packages/debmagic-pkg", "debmagic-pkg"),
 }
diff --git a/packages/debmagic-common/Cargo.toml b/packages/debmagic-common/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1aaf7c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/debmagic-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[package]
+name = "debmagic-common"
+version = "0.0.1-alpha1"
+documentation = "https://debmagic.readthedocs.org"
+homepage = "https://github.com/SFTtech/debmagic"
+repository = "https://github.com/SFTtech/debmagic.git"
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+chrono = { workspace = true }
+regex = { workspace = true }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+test-case = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/packages/debmagic-common/pyproject.toml b/packages/debmagic-common/pyproject.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6dd4483..0000000
--- a/packages/debmagic-common/pyproject.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-[project]
-name = "debmagic-common"
-version = "0.0.1-alpha.1"
-description = "utility library for common debmagic code"
-license = "GPL-2.0-or-later"
-# license-files = ["../../LICENSE"]
-# readme = "../../README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.12"
-classifiers = ["Programming Language :: Python :: 3"]
-dependencies = ["python-debian>=1.0"]
-
-[project.urls]
-homepage = "https://github.com/SFTtech/debmagic"
-source = "https://github.com/SFTtech/debmagic.git"
-issues = "https://github.com/SFTtech/debmagic/issues"
-releasenotes = "https://github.com/SFTtech/debmagic/-/blob/main/debian/changelog"
-
-[build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=77.0.0", "setuptools-scm"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/packages/debmagic-common/src/debian.rs b/packages/debmagic-common/src/debian.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6db76a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/debmagic-common/src/debian.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod version;
diff --git a/packages/debmagic-common/src/debian/version.rs b/packages/debmagic-common/src/debian/version.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae4a425
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/debmagic-common/src/debian/version.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+use std::str::FromStr;
+
+use regex::Regex;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct PackageVersion {
+    // distro packaging override base version (default is 0)
+    epoch: String,
+
+    // upstream package version
+    upstream: String,
+
+    // packaging (linux distro) revision
+    revision: String,
+}
+
+impl PackageVersion {
+    pub fn version(&self) -> String {
+        let mut ret: String = "".to_owned();
+        if self.epoch != "0" {
+            ret.push_str(&format!("{}:", self.epoch));
+        }
+        ret.push_str(&self.upstream);
+        if !self.revision.is_empty() {
+            ret.push_str(&format!("-{}", self.revision));
+        }
+        ret
+    }
+
+    /// distro epoch plus upstream version
+    pub fn epoch_upstream(&self) -> String {
+        if !self.epoch.is_empty() {
+            return format!("{}:{}", self.epoch, self.upstream);
+        }
+        self.upstream.clone()
+    }
+
+    /// distro epoch plus upstream version
+    pub fn upstream_revision(&self) -> String {
+        if !self.revision.is_empty() {
+            return format!("{}-{}", self.upstream, self.revision);
+        }
+        self.upstream.clone()
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct VersionParseError;
+
+impl FromStr for PackageVersion {
+    type Err = VersionParseError;
+
+    fn from_str(version: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        let re_epoch_upstream = Regex::new(r"^(.*?)(-[^-]*)?$").map_err(|_| VersionParseError)?;
+        let epoch_upstream = re_epoch_upstream.replace(version, "$1").to_string();
+
+        // epoch = distro packaging override base version (default is 0)
+        // pkg-info.mk uses the full version if no epoch is in it.
+        // instead, we return "0" as oritinally intended if no epoch is in version.
+        let epoch = if !version.contains(':') {
+            "0".to_string()
+        } else {
+            let re_epoch = Regex::new(r"^([0-9]+):.*$").map_err(|_| VersionParseError)?;
+            re_epoch.replace(version, "$1").to_string()
+        };
+
+        let re_upstream = Regex::new(r"^([0-9]*:)?(.*?)$").map_err(|_| VersionParseError)?;
+        let upstream = re_upstream.replace(&epoch_upstream, "$2").to_string();
+
+        let re_revision = Regex::new(r"^.*?(-([^-]*))?$").map_err(|_| VersionParseError)?;
+        let revision = re_revision.replace(version, "$2").to_string();
+
+        // TODO: properly handle errors if we put in actual crap -> currently we return something nonsensical instead of returning an error
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            epoch,
+            upstream,
+            revision,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use test_case::test_case;
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test_case(
+        "1.2.3a.4-42.2-14ubuntu2~20.04.1", 
+        &PackageVersion{epoch:"0".to_string(), upstream:"1.2.3a.4-42.2".to_string(), revision:"14ubuntu2~20.04.1".to_string()})]
+    #[test_case(
+        "3:1.2.3a.4-42.2-14ubuntu2~20.04.1", 
+        &PackageVersion{epoch:"3".to_string(), upstream:"1.2.3a.4-42.2".to_string(), revision:"14ubuntu2~20.04.1".to_string()})]
+    #[test_case(
+        "3:1.2.3a.4ubuntu", 
+        &PackageVersion{epoch:"3".to_string(), upstream:"1.2.3a.4ubuntu".to_string(), revision:"".to_string()})]
+    #[test_case(
+        "3:1.2.3a-4ubuntu", 
+        &PackageVersion{epoch:"3".to_string(), upstream:"1.2.3a".to_string(), revision:"4ubuntu".to_string()})]
+    #[test_case(
+        "3:1.2.3a-4ubuntu1", 
+        &PackageVersion{epoch:"3".to_string(), upstream:"1.2.3a".to_string(), revision:"4ubuntu1".to_string()})]
+    fn test_version_parsing(version: &str, expected: &PackageVersion) {
+        let parsed_version = PackageVersion::from_str(version).unwrap();
+
+        // initial parsing works
+        assert_eq!(&parsed_version, expected);
+        // reverse formatting works as well
+        assert_eq!(parsed_version.version(), version);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/debmagic-common/src/lib.rs b/packages/debmagic-common/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49a5553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/debmagic-common/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod debian;
diff --git a/packages/debmagic-pkg/pyproject.toml b/packages/debmagic-pkg/pyproject.toml
index 4002f02..204e6f0 100644
--- a/packages/debmagic-pkg/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/debmagic-pkg/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "GPL-2.0-or-later"
 # readme = "../../README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 classifiers = ["Programming Language :: Python :: 3"]
-dependencies = ["debmagic-common"]
+dependencies = ["python-debian>=1.0"]
 
 [project.urls]
 homepage = "https://github.com/SFTtech/debmagic"
diff --git a/packages/debmagic-common/src/debmagic/common/__init__.py b/packages/debmagic-pkg/src/debmagic/common/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/debmagic-common/src/debmagic/common/__init__.py
rename to packages/debmagic-pkg/src/debmagic/common/__init__.py
diff --git a/packages/debmagic-common/src/debmagic/common/errors.py b/packages/debmagic-pkg/src/debmagic/common/errors.py
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/debmagic-common/src/debmagic/common/errors.py
rename to packages/debmagic-pkg/src/debmagic/common/errors.py
diff --git a/packages/debmagic-common/src/debmagic/common/models/__init__.py b/packages/debmagic-pkg/src/debmagic/common/models/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/debmagic-common/src/debmagic/common/models/__init__.py
rename to packages/debmagic-pkg/src/debmagic/common/models/__init__.py
diff --git a/packages/debmagic-common/src/debmagic/common/models/changelog.py b/packages/debmagic-pkg/src/debmagic/common/models/changelog.py
similarity index 97%
rename from packages/debmagic-common/src/debmagic/common/models/changelog.py
rename to packages/debmagic-pkg/src/debmagic/common/models/changelog.py
index ec08c73..4644842 100644
--- a/packages/debmagic-common/src/debmagic/common/models/changelog.py
+++ b/packages/debmagic-pkg/src/debmagic/common/models/changelog.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 from ..errors import DebmagicError
 from ..type_utils import IterableDataSource
-from .package_version import PackageVersion
 
 
 class ChangelogFormatError(DebmagicError):
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ class ChangelogMetadata:
 @dataclass
 class ChangelogEntry:
     package: str | None
-    version: PackageVersion
+    version: str
     distributions: list[str]
     metadata: ChangelogMetadata
     changes: list[str]
diff --git a/packages/debmagic-common/src/debmagic/common/models/package_version.py b/packages/debmagic-pkg/src/debmagic/common/models/package_version.py
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/debmagic-common/src/debmagic/common/models/package_version.py
rename to packages/debmagic-pkg/src/debmagic/common/models/package_version.py
diff --git a/packages/debmagic-common/src/debmagic/common/package.py b/packages/debmagic-pkg/src/debmagic/common/package.py
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/debmagic-common/src/debmagic/common/package.py
rename to packages/debmagic-pkg/src/debmagic/common/package.py
diff --git a/packages/debmagic-common/src/debmagic/common/py.typed b/packages/debmagic-pkg/src/debmagic/common/py.typed
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/debmagic-common/src/debmagic/common/py.typed
rename to packages/debmagic-pkg/src/debmagic/common/py.typed
diff --git a/packages/debmagic-common/src/debmagic/common/type_utils.py b/packages/debmagic-pkg/src/debmagic/common/type_utils.py
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/debmagic-common/src/debmagic/common/type_utils.py
rename to packages/debmagic-pkg/src/debmagic/common/type_utils.py
diff --git a/packages/debmagic-common/src/debmagic/common/utils.py b/packages/debmagic-pkg/src/debmagic/common/utils.py
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/debmagic-common/src/debmagic/common/utils.py
rename to packages/debmagic-pkg/src/debmagic/common/utils.py
diff --git a/packages/debmagic/Cargo.toml b/packages/debmagic/Cargo.toml
index 316cea7..4df138b 100644
--- a/packages/debmagic/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/debmagic/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = ">=4.5.23", features = ["derive"] }
-anyhow = { version = ">=1.0.95" }
-config = { version = ">=0.15.9", features = ["toml"] }
-dirs = ">=5.0.0"
-# thiserror = "2.0.17" # for future uses when we need clearer error handling
-glob = ">=0.3.2"
-libc = ">=0.2.169"
-serde = { version = ">=1.0.217", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = ">=1.0.139"
-uuid = { version = ">=1.10.0", features = ["v4"] }
+clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
+anyhow = { workspace = true }
+config = { workspace = true, features = ["toml"] }
+dirs = { workspace = true }
+glob = { workspace = true }
+libc = { workspace = true }
+serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
+uuid = { workspace = true, features = ["v4"] }
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6dd9dd9..a36831e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ debmagic-pkg = { workspace = true }
 
 [tool.uv.workspace]
 members = [
-    "packages/debmagic-common",
     "packages/debmagic-pkg",
     # for now we don't want to always add the rust cli to the python workspace to avoid increasing uv sync times in CI
     # "packages/debmagic",
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_packages.py b/tests/integration/test_packages.py
index 390256f..9e2a793 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_packages.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_packages.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 FROM docker.io/{distro}:{distro_version}
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install dpkg-dev python3 python3-pip python3-pydantic
-RUN --mount=from=dist,target=/tmp/dist python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages /tmp/dist/debmagic_common-*.whl
 RUN --mount=from=dist,target=/tmp/dist python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages /tmp/dist/debmagic_pkg*.whl
 """
 
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 1d719c6..27942af 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ requires-python = ">=3.12"
 
 [manifest]
 members = [
-    "debmagic-common",
     "debmagic-pkg",
 ]
 
@@ -231,27 +230,16 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/8d/4c/1968f32fb9a2604645827e11ff84a31e59d532e01995f904723b4f5328b3/coverage-7.13.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:850d2998f380b1e266459ca5b47bc9e7daf9af1d070f66317972f382d46f1904", size = 210068, upload-time = "2025-12-08T13:14:36.236Z" },
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "debmagic-common"
-version = "0.0.1a1"
-source = { editable = "packages/debmagic-common" }
-dependencies = [
-    { name = "python-debian" },
-]
-
-[package.metadata]
-requires-dist = [{ name = "python-debian", specifier = ">=1.0" }]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "debmagic-pkg"
 version = "0.0.1a1"
 source = { editable = "packages/debmagic-pkg" }
 dependencies = [
-    { name = "debmagic-common" },
+    { name = "python-debian" },
 ]
 
 [package.metadata]
-requires-dist = [{ name = "debmagic-common", editable = "packages/debmagic-common" }]
+requires-dist = [{ name = "python-debian", specifier = ">=1.0" }]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "distlib"