diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 61f4d0c7..23023ae3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ bincode = "1.3"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "1.0"
 log = "0.4"
-rand = "0.8"
+rand = "0.9"
 parking_lot = "0.12"
 env_logger = "0.11"
 clap = { version = "4.4", features = ["derive", "env"] }
diff --git a/packages/core/identity/Cargo.toml b/packages/core/identity/Cargo.toml
index dc6e7fbd..943e52f8 100644
--- a/packages/core/identity/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/core/identity/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ license = "MIT"
 
 [dependencies]
 multiaddr = { version = "0.18", default-features = false }
-rand = "0.8"
+rand = "0.9"
 serde = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/packages/core/router/Cargo.toml b/packages/core/router/Cargo.toml
index 96234e73..86ad5ab1 100644
--- a/packages/core/router/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/core/router/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ mockall = { workspace = true }
 [dev-dependencies]
 env_logger = { workspace = true }
 criterion = { version = "0.5.1" }
-rand = { version = "0.8.5" }
+rand = { version = "0.9.0" }
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "router"