diff --git a/community/bcachefs-tools/APKBUILD b/community/bcachefs-tools/APKBUILD
index 9009f56fd11..7b5950e58e7 100644
--- a/community/bcachefs-tools/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/bcachefs-tools/APKBUILD
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ makedepends="
 	jq
 	"
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc $pkgname-udev $_modname-src"
+options="net" # cargo
 source="$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.zst::https://evilpiepirate.org/bcachefs-tools/bcachefs-tools-$pkgver.tar.zst"
 
 prepare() {
diff --git a/community/choose/APKBUILD b/community/choose/APKBUILD
index 3229d535a94..fe7dcf74447 100644
--- a/community/choose/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/choose/APKBUILD
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ arch="all"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 makedepends="cargo cargo-auditable"
 source="https://github.com/theryangeary/choose/archive/v$pkgver/choose-$pkgver.tar.gz"
+options="net" # cargo
 
 prepare() {
 	default_prepare
diff --git a/community/convfmt/APKBUILD b/community/convfmt/APKBUILD
index 8cdb55ca328..b036358f46c 100644
--- a/community/convfmt/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/convfmt/APKBUILD
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ makedepends="cargo cargo-auditable"
 source="https://github.com/oriontvv/convfmt/archive/$pkgver/convfmt-$pkgver.tar.gz
 	remove-hocon-support.patch
 	"
+options="net" # cargo
 
 prepare() {
 	default_prepare
diff --git a/community/dnsdist/APKBUILD b/community/dnsdist/APKBUILD
index 2d4647c1dfb..fc2405f3bf5 100644
--- a/community/dnsdist/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/dnsdist/APKBUILD
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ source="
 	$pkgname.initd
 	dolog.patch
 	"
+options="net" # cargo
 builddir="$srcdir/$pkgname-${pkgver//_/-}"
 
 [ "$CARCH" = "ppc64le" ] && options="!check" # failing tests
diff --git a/community/halloy/APKBUILD b/community/halloy/APKBUILD
index b664efb6a27..9bdc9f60beb 100644
--- a/community/halloy/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/halloy/APKBUILD
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ makedepends="
 	libxcb-dev
 	openssl-dev
 	"
+options="net" # cargo
 source="https://github.com/squidowl/halloy/archive/$pkgver/halloy-$pkgver.tar.gz"
 
 prepare() {
diff --git a/community/jellyfin-tui/APKBUILD b/community/jellyfin-tui/APKBUILD
index 7b888738115..14f9a4503e6 100644
--- a/community/jellyfin-tui/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/jellyfin-tui/APKBUILD
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ url="https://github.com/dhonus/jellyfin-tui"
 arch="all"
 license="GPL-3.0-only"
 makedepends="cargo cargo-auditable mpv-dev"
+options="net" # cargo
 source="$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/dhonus/jellyfin-tui/archive/refs/tags/v$pkgver.tar.gz"
 
 prepare() {
diff --git a/community/jp/APKBUILD b/community/jp/APKBUILD
index 3f794fa8830..8f3ddc5fdcb 100644
--- a/community/jp/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/jp/APKBUILD
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ arch="all"
 license="MIT"
 provides="jmespath=$pkgver-r$pkgrel"
 makedepends="cargo cargo-auditable"
+options="net" # cargo
 source="https://github.com/jmespath/jmespath.rs/archive/$pkgver/jmespath.rs-$pkgver.tar.gz"
 builddir="$srcdir/jmespath.rs-$pkgver/jmespath-cli"
 
diff --git a/community/kakoune-lsp/APKBUILD b/community/kakoune-lsp/APKBUILD
index f66ef18f160..89d24bc8c9a 100644
--- a/community/kakoune-lsp/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/kakoune-lsp/APKBUILD
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ url="https://github.com/kakoune-lsp/kakoune-lsp"
 arch="all"
 license="Unlicense OR MIT"
 makedepends="cargo cargo-auditable"
+options="net" # cargo
 source="$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/kakoune-lsp/kakoune-lsp/archive/refs/tags/v$pkgver.tar.gz"
 
 prepare() {
diff --git a/community/kubie/APKBUILD b/community/kubie/APKBUILD
index bf17b6f9959..a68803ef6b7 100644
--- a/community/kubie/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/kubie/APKBUILD
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ makedepends="
 	cmake
 	cmd:ninja
 	"
+options="net" # cargo
 source="v$pkgver.tar.gz::$url/archive/refs/tags/v$pkgver.tar.gz
 loongarch64-downgrade-libc.patch
 "
diff --git a/community/mailtutan/APKBUILD b/community/mailtutan/APKBUILD
index c9d566e2696..59cceb8e8ed 100644
--- a/community/mailtutan/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/mailtutan/APKBUILD
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ source="
 	cargo-update.patch
 	yew-0.21.patch
 "
-options="!check" # no tests
+options="!check net" # no tests, cargo
 
 prepare() {
 	default_prepare
diff --git a/community/mdbook/APKBUILD b/community/mdbook/APKBUILD
index 3b2ce925416..e5d4c2c2d38 100644
--- a/community/mdbook/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/mdbook/APKBUILD
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ subpackages="
 source="
 	$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/archive/v$pkgver.tar.gz
 	"
+options="net" # cargo
 builddir="$srcdir/mdBook-$pkgver"
 
 prepare() {
diff --git a/community/minijinja-cli/APKBUILD b/community/minijinja-cli/APKBUILD
index 5e975c9261b..953a56fc2af 100644
--- a/community/minijinja-cli/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/minijinja-cli/APKBUILD
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ subpackages="
 	py3-$_pkgname-pyc
 	py3-$_pkgname:py3
 	"
+options="net" # cargo
 source="$_pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/mitsuhiko/minijinja/archive/refs/tags/$pkgver.tar.gz
 	minimal-workspace.patch
 	"
diff --git a/community/pdns-recursor/APKBUILD b/community/pdns-recursor/APKBUILD
index 4abdf6b8801..a10edf5890d 100644
--- a/community/pdns-recursor/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/pdns-recursor/APKBUILD
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ source="https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/pdns-recursor-${pkgver//_/-}.tar
 	$pkgname.initd
 	recursor.conf
 	"
+options="net" # cargo
 builddir="$srcdir/$pkgname-${pkgver//_/-}"
 
 case "$CARCH" in
diff --git a/community/radio-cli/APKBUILD b/community/radio-cli/APKBUILD
index f1872d7dbf3..b7e08e9c155 100644
--- a/community/radio-cli/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/radio-cli/APKBUILD
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-only"
 depends="mpv yt-dlp"
 makedepends="cargo cargo-auditable openssl-dev"
 source="$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/margual56/radio-cli/archive/refs/tags/v$pkgver.tar.gz"
-options="!check" # no tests
+options="!check net" # no tests
 
 prepare() {
 	default_prepare
diff --git a/community/railway/APKBUILD b/community/railway/APKBUILD
index e73455f0ad9..51d6017561b 100644
--- a/community/railway/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/railway/APKBUILD
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ makedepends="
 	"
 subpackages="$pkgname-lang"
 source="https://gitlab.com/schmiddi-on-mobile/railway/-/archive/$pkgver/railway-$pkgver.tar.gz"
-options="!check" # no tests
+options="!check net" # no tests, cargo
 
 provides="diebahn=$pkgver-r$pkgrel"
 replaces="diebahn"
diff --git a/community/topgrade/APKBUILD b/community/topgrade/APKBUILD
index c513368dba1..8475d872402 100644
--- a/community/topgrade/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/topgrade/APKBUILD
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ subpackages="
 	$pkgname-zsh-completion
 	$pkgname-doc
 	"
+options="net" # cargo
 source="topgrade-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/topgrade-rs/topgrade/archive/refs/tags/v$pkgver.tar.gz"
 
 
diff --git a/community/ttdl/APKBUILD b/community/ttdl/APKBUILD
index db530debb19..6a636ac2cb2 100644
--- a/community/ttdl/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/ttdl/APKBUILD
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ arch="all"
 license="MIT"
 makedepends="cargo cargo-auditable"
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
+options="net" # cargo
 source="$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/VladimirMarkelov/ttdl/archive/refs/tags/v$pkgver.tar.gz"
 
 prepare() {
diff --git a/community/viu/APKBUILD b/community/viu/APKBUILD
index 6c1b043ab52..630d100e66a 100644
--- a/community/viu/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/viu/APKBUILD
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ license="MIT"
 makedepends="cargo libsixel-dev cargo-auditable"
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
 source="$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/atanunq/viu/archive/v$pkgver.tar.gz"
+options="net" # cargo
 
 prepare() {
 	default_prepare
diff --git a/community/xremap-wlr/APKBUILD b/community/xremap-wlr/APKBUILD
index 0890ca38a2f..e4549c7b96d 100644
--- a/community/xremap-wlr/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/xremap-wlr/APKBUILD
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ license="MIT"
 makedepends="cargo cargo-auditable"
 replaces="xremap-sway"
 source="$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/k0kubun/xremap/archive/v$pkgver.tar.gz"
+options="net" # cargo
 builddir="$srcdir/xremap-$pkgver"
 
 prepare() {
diff --git a/community/youtube-tui/APKBUILD b/community/youtube-tui/APKBUILD
index e70a2c67a71..a5b24ba63ed 100644
--- a/community/youtube-tui/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/youtube-tui/APKBUILD
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ source="
 	https://github.com/Siriusmart/youtube-tui/archive/v$pkgver/youtube-tui-$pkgver.tar.gz
 	enable-bindgen.patch
 	"
-options="!check" # no tests
+options="!check net" # no tests
 
 prepare() {
 	default_prepare
diff --git a/community/zizmor/APKBUILD b/community/zizmor/APKBUILD
index 070e549673a..c4cc794d2b4 100644
--- a/community/zizmor/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/zizmor/APKBUILD
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ license="MIT"
 makedepends="cargo cargo-auditable"
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
 source="zizmor-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/zizmorcore/zizmor/archive/v$pkgver/zizmor-$pkgver.tar.gz"
+options="net" # cargo
 
 prepare() {
 	default_prepare
diff --git a/testing/dum/APKBUILD b/testing/dum/APKBUILD
index ac6c8a4a117..0163d17261a 100644
--- a/testing/dum/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/dum/APKBUILD
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ url="https://github.com/egoist/dum"
 arch="all"
 license="MIT"
 makedepends="cargo cargo-auditable"
+options="net" # cargo
 source="https://github.com/egoist/dum/archive/v$pkgver/dum-$pkgver.tar.gz
 	strip-env_logger-features.patch
 	"