diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 78a03e4e6b..bac1117e09 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3966,9 +3966,9 @@ checksum = "dc33ff2d4973d518d823d61aa239014831e521c75da58e3df4840d3f47749d09"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
-version = "0.8.5"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
+checksum = "5ca0ecfa931c29007047d1bc58e623ab12e5590e8c7cc53200d5202b69266d8a"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "rand_chacha",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7c6830cff0..83e00e2d38 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ smoldot = { version = "1.1.0", default-features = false }
 smoldot-light = { version = "1.1.0", default-features = false }
 tokio-stream = "0.1.16"
 futures-util = "0.3.31"
-rand = "0.8.5"
+rand = "0.8.6"
 pin-project = "1.1.5"
 
 # Light client wasm: