diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index dc6ae2d..72e1d04 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ libp2p-identity = { version = "0.2.9", features = ["peerid"] }
 [dev-dependencies]
 bincode = "1"
 quickcheck = { version = "1.0.3", default-features = false }
-rand = "0.8.5"
+rand = "0.9.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 
 # Passing arguments to the docsrs builder in order to properly document cfg's.