diff --git a/openfut-hook/Cargo.toml b/openfut-hook/Cargo.toml
index fcf2b26..6c8e75b 100644
--- a/openfut-hook/Cargo.toml
+++ b/openfut-hook/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# Standalone workspace root: this Windows-only version.dll proxy is deliberately
+# NOT a member of the OpenFUT workspace (see that root's `exclude`) so its own
+# [profile.release] below actually applies. An empty [workspace] table stops Cargo
+# from walking up and re-attaching this crate to the parent workspace.
+[workspace]
+
 [package]
 name = "openfut-hook"
 version = "0.1.0"