diff --git a/pallas-applying/Cargo.toml b/pallas-applying/Cargo.toml
index 1a47fc8..0ac0fe4 100644
--- a/pallas-applying/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pallas-applying/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pallas-codec = { version = "=0.32.1", path = "../pallas-codec" }
 pallas-crypto = { version = "=0.32.1", path = "../pallas-crypto" }
 pallas-primitives = { version = "=0.32.1", path = "../pallas-primitives" }
 pallas-traverse = { version = "=0.32.1", path = "../pallas-traverse" }
-rand = "0.8.6"
+rand = "0.8"
 hex = "0.4"
 chrono = "0.4.39"
 
diff --git a/pallas-crypto/Cargo.toml b/pallas-crypto/Cargo.toml
index 6cd8b7d..dea7ee1 100644
--- a/pallas-crypto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pallas-crypto/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ zeroize = "1.8.1"
 itertools = "0.13"
 quickcheck = "1.0"
 quickcheck_macros = "1.0"
-rand = "0.8.6"
+rand = "0.8"
 serde_test = "1.0.143"
diff --git a/pallas-math/Cargo.toml b/pallas-math/Cargo.toml
index 18d6441..dc6ab37 100644
--- a/pallas-math/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pallas-math/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ thiserror = "1.0.61"
 [dev-dependencies]
 quickcheck = "1.0"
 quickcheck_macros = "1.0"
-rand = "0.8.6"
+rand = "0.8"
 proptest = "1.5"
diff --git a/pallas-network/Cargo.toml b/pallas-network/Cargo.toml
index 81a3fc8..9921075 100644
--- a/pallas-network/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pallas-network/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ hex = "0.4.3"
 itertools = "0.13.0"
 pallas-codec = { version = "=0.32.1", path = "../pallas-codec" }
 pallas-crypto = { version = "=0.32.1", path = "../pallas-crypto" }
-rand = "0.8.6"
+rand = "0.8.5"
 socket2 = "0.5.5"
 thiserror = "1.0.31"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt", "net", "io-util", "time", "sync", "macros"] }
diff --git a/pallas-wallet/Cargo.toml b/pallas-wallet/Cargo.toml
index e7b78b7..28e0376 100644
--- a/pallas-wallet/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pallas-wallet/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ ed25519-bip32 = "0.4.1"
 bip39 = { version = "2.0.0", features = ["rand_core"] }
 cryptoxide = "0.4.4"
 bech32 = "0.9.1"
-rand = "0.8.6"
+rand = "0.8.5"