diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a497e8c..5a4dc5b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ categories = ["api-bindings", "cryptography", "data-structures", "security"]
 tokio = "1"
 bytes = { version = "1", features = ["serde"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
-rand = "0.8.5"
+rand = "0.9.2"
 xor_name = "5"
 libp2p = { version="0.55", features = ["serde"] }
 bls = { package = "blsttc", version = "8" }