diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1c04586..14c8089 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2108,7 +2108,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lru 0.16.3",
  "once_cell",
  "parking_lot 0.12.5",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.8.8",
  "regex",
  "secure-string",
  "serde",
@@ -2149,7 +2149,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nitrite_spatial",
  "nitrite_tantivy_fts",
  "num_cpus",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.8.8",
  "redb",
  "rusqlite",
  "serde",
@@ -2204,7 +2204,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nitrite_fjall_adapter",
  "nitrite_spatial",
  "nitrite_tantivy_fts",
- "rand 0.9.2",
+ "rand 0.8.8",
  "uuid",
 ]
 
@@ -2220,7 +2220,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "memmap2",
  "nitrite",
  "parking_lot 0.12.5",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.8.8",
  "rstar",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -2257,7 +2257,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nitrite",
  "nitrite_fjall_adapter",
  "parking_lot 0.12.5",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.8.8",
  "rustc-hash",
  "serde",
  "tempfile",
@@ -2630,9 +2630,9 @@ checksum = "69cdb34c158ceb288df11e18b4bd39de994f6657d83847bdffdbd7f346754b0f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
-version = "0.8.5"
+version = "0.8.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
+checksum = "e058c7de0b26af77780c769414d6257830bb240f3c38477dbc2c16e5f54d6d4c"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
@@ -2694,7 +2694,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32cb0b9bc82b0a0876c2dd994a7e7a2683d3e7390ca40e6886785ef0c7e3ee31"
 dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.8.8",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/nitrite-int-test/Cargo.toml b/nitrite-int-test/Cargo.toml
index a052a8b..90a9945 100644
--- a/nitrite-int-test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nitrite-int-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ colog = "1.3.0"
 ctor = "0.6"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.40", features = ["serde"] }
 awaitility = "0.4.1"
-rand = "0.9.0"
+rand = "0.8.8"
 icu_collator = "2.0.0"
 icu = "2.0.0"
 fake = { version = "4.3.0" , features = ["chrono", "uuid"] }
diff --git a/nitrite/Cargo.toml b/nitrite/Cargo.toml
index cbee8e7..c54aacc 100644
--- a/nitrite/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nitrite/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ categories = ["database", "data-structures"]
 
 [dependencies]
 uuid = { version = "1.10.0", features = ["v4"] }
-rand = { version = "=0.8.5" } # due to error Trait `CryptoRng` is not implemented for `OsRng`
+rand = { version = "=0.8.8" } # due to error Trait `CryptoRng` is not implemented for `OsRng`
 log = "0.4.22"
 parking_lot = { workspace = true }
 basu = { version = "0.1.5", default-features = false, features = ["sync"] }