diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3cf4e204..fec349d6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "criterion",
  "flate2",
  "proptest",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "rstest",
  "strsim",
  "tempfile",
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "metrics",
  "metrics-util",
  "proptest",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "rayon",
  "rstest",
  "rstest-bdd",
@@ -1885,8 +1885,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "lazy_static",
  "num-traits",
- "rand 0.9.2",
- "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
+ "rand",
+ "rand_chacha",
  "rand_xorshift",
  "regex-syntax",
  "rusty-fork",
@@ -1940,35 +1940,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "nibble_vec",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand"
-version = "0.8.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.9.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6db2770f06117d490610c7488547d543617b21bfa07796d7a12f6f1bd53850d1"
 dependencies = [
- "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
- "rand_core 0.9.3",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_chacha"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
-dependencies = [
- "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_chacha",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1978,16 +1957,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d3022b5f1df60f26e1ffddd6c66e8aa15de382ae63b3a0c1bfc0e4d3e3f325cb"
 dependencies = [
  "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core 0.9.3",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_core"
-version = "0.6.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.16",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2005,7 +1975,7 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "513962919efc330f829edb2535844d1b912b0fbe2ca165d613e4e8788bb05a5a"
 dependencies = [
- "rand_core 0.9.3",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/chutoro-benches/Cargo.toml b/chutoro-benches/Cargo.toml
index 1796eb9f..d0b6c014 100644
--- a/chutoro-benches/Cargo.toml
+++ b/chutoro-benches/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ chutoro-core = { path = "../chutoro-core" }
 chutoro-providers-dense = { path = "../chutoro-providers/dense" }
 criterion = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["html_reports"] }
 flate2 = "1.1.9"
-rand = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["small_rng"] }
+rand = { version = "0.9.2", features = ["small_rng"] }
 strsim = "0.11.1"
 thiserror = "2.0.17"
 ureq = "3.2.0"
diff --git a/chutoro-core/Cargo.toml b/chutoro-core/Cargo.toml
index dded9957..88955b0e 100644
--- a/chutoro-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/chutoro-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
 dashmap = { version = "6.1.0", optional = true }
 lru = { version = "0.16.3", optional = true }
 metrics = { version = "0.24.0", optional = true }
-rand = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["small_rng"], optional = true }
+rand = { version = "0.9.2", features = ["small_rng"], optional = true }
 rayon = { version = "1.10.0", optional = true }
 thiserror = "2.0.17"
 tracing = { version = "0.1.41", features = ["attributes"] }