diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3d5f8952a..71ee8de63 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http 1.3.1",
  "pico-args",
  "prettytable-rs",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.0",
  "reqwest",
  "semver",
  "serde",
@@ -1617,7 +1617,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pav_regression",
  "pico-args",
  "pkcs8",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.0",
  "redb",
  "reqwest",
  "rsa",
@@ -1757,7 +1757,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "freenet-stdlib 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "futures 0.3.31",
  "once_cell",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.0",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tempfile",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 625fbc4cd..af0ace807 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ctrlc = { version = "3" }
 dashmap = "^6.1"
 either = "1"
 futures = "0.3"
-rand = { version = "0.8" }
+rand = { version = "0.9" }
 semver = { version = "1",  features = ["serde"] }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
diff --git a/apps/freenet-ping/app/Cargo.toml b/apps/freenet-ping/app/Cargo.toml
index 45b7e2c78..f34a899f0 100644
--- a/apps/freenet-ping/app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/freenet-ping/app/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ freenet-stdlib = { workspace = true, features = ["net"] }
 freenet-ping-types = { path = "../types", features = ["std", "clap"] }
 futures = "0.3.31"
 once_cell = "1.18.0"
-rand = "0.8.5"
+rand = "0.9.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 tempfile = "3.9.0"