diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7e4b97b..5249f1f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -602,17 +602,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.2.17"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ff2abc00be7fca6ebc474524697ae276ad847ad0a6b3faa4bcb027e9a4614ad0"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "wasi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.3.4"
@@ -813,7 +802,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "half",
  "ort",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tokenizers",
@@ -1215,35 +1204,14 @@ version = "6.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f8dcc9c7d52a811697d2151c701e0d08956f92b0e24136cf4cf27b57a6a0d9bf"
 
-[[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 0.9.5",
-]
-
-[[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]]
@@ -1253,16 +1221,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d3022b5f1df60f26e1ffddd6c66e8aa15de382ae63b3a0c1bfc0e4d3e3f325cb"
 dependencies = [
  "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core 0.9.5",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_core"
-version = "0.6.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.17",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1641,7 +1600,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "monostate",
  "onig",
  "paste",
- "rand 0.9.2",
+ "rand",
  "rayon",
  "rayon-cond",
  "regex",
diff --git a/inference_bridge/Cargo.toml b/inference_bridge/Cargo.toml
index 139600d..f2eaa9e 100644
--- a/inference_bridge/Cargo.toml
+++ b/inference_bridge/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ tracing.workspace = true
 ort = { version = "2.0.0-rc.12", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["std", "load-dynamic", "api-22", "half"] }
 tokenizers = { version = "0.22.2", optional = true }
 half = { version = "2", optional = true }
-rand = "0.8"
+rand = "0.9"