diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 71cc7c43..73b7ea29 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 resolver = "3"
 members = [
     "rust/exo_pyo3_bindings",
-    "rust/iroh_networking",
+    "rust/networking",
 ]
 
 [workspace.package]
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ opt-level = 3
 # Common configurations include versions, paths, features, etc.
 [workspace.dependencies]
 ## Crate members as common dependencies
-iroh_networking = { path = "rust/iroh_networking" }
+networking = { path = "rust/networking" }
 
 extend = "1.2"
 
diff --git a/rust/exo_pyo3_bindings/Cargo.toml b/rust/exo_pyo3_bindings/Cargo.toml
index accef84b..ab9e7377 100644
--- a/rust/exo_pyo3_bindings/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/exo_pyo3_bindings/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,25 +20,24 @@ doc = false
 workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-iroh_networking = { workspace = true }
+networking.workspace = true
 
 # interop
 pyo3 = { workspace = true, features = ["experimental-async"] }
-pyo3-stub-gen = { workspace = true }
-pyo3-async-runtimes = { workspace = true, features = ["attributes", "tokio-runtime", "testing"] }
-pyo3-log = { workspace = true }
+pyo3-stub-gen.workspace = true
+# pyo3-async-runtimes = { workspace = true, features = ["attributes", "tokio-runtime", "testing"] }
+pyo3-log.workspace = true
 
 # macro dependencies
-extend = { workspace = true }
+extend.workspace = true
 
 # async runtime
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full", "tracing"] }
 
 # utility dependencies
 postcard = { workspace = true, features = ["use-std"] }
-thiserror = { workspace = true }
-rand = { workspace = true }
-n0-future = { workspace = true }
+rand.workspace = true
+n0-future.workspace = true
 
 
 # Tracing
diff --git a/rust/exo_pyo3_bindings/src/lib.rs b/rust/exo_pyo3_bindings/src/lib.rs
index c5ea698b..eec7f365 100644
--- a/rust/exo_pyo3_bindings/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/exo_pyo3_bindings/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@
 
 mod allow_threading;
 mod identity;
-mod iroh_networking;
-// mod examples;
+mod networking;
 
 use crate::identity::ident_submodule;
-use crate::iroh_networking::networking_submodule;
+use crate::networking::networking_submodule;
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
 use pyo3_stub_gen::define_stub_info_gatherer;
 
diff --git a/rust/exo_pyo3_bindings/src/iroh_networking.rs b/rust/exo_pyo3_bindings/src/networking.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from rust/exo_pyo3_bindings/src/iroh_networking.rs
rename to rust/exo_pyo3_bindings/src/networking.rs
index d8b7b200..99f15fac 100644
--- a/rust/exo_pyo3_bindings/src/iroh_networking.rs
+++ b/rust/exo_pyo3_bindings/src/networking.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ use iroh::SecretKey;
 use iroh::discovery::EndpointInfo;
 use iroh::discovery::mdns::DiscoveryEvent;
 use iroh_gossip::api::{ApiError, Event, GossipReceiver, GossipSender, Message};
-use iroh_networking::ExoNet;
 use n0_future::{Stream, StreamExt as _};
+use networking::ExoNet;
 use pyo3::exceptions::{PyRuntimeError, PyStopAsyncIteration};
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
 use pyo3::types::PyBytes;
diff --git a/rust/iroh_networking/Cargo.toml b/rust/networking/Cargo.toml
similarity index 94%
rename from rust/iroh_networking/Cargo.toml
rename to rust/networking/Cargo.toml
index 49e7581e..b101c063 100644
--- a/rust/iroh_networking/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/networking/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "iroh_networking"
+name = "networking"
 version.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/rust/iroh_networking/examples/chatroom.rs b/rust/networking/examples/chatroom.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/iroh_networking/examples/chatroom.rs
rename to rust/networking/examples/chatroom.rs
diff --git a/rust/iroh_networking/examples/mdns_responder.rs b/rust/networking/examples/mdns_responder.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/iroh_networking/examples/mdns_responder.rs
rename to rust/networking/examples/mdns_responder.rs
diff --git a/rust/iroh_networking/src/lib.rs b/rust/networking/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/iroh_networking/src/lib.rs
rename to rust/networking/src/lib.rs