diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dda4686d71..fcd7d146ac 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "light-merkle-tree-reference",
  "light-zero-copy",
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "solana-sdk",
  "solana-security-txt",
  "zerocopy",
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "light-verifier",
  "litesvm",
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "serial_test",
  "solana-sdk",
  "tokio",
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "light-test-utils",
  "light-zero-copy",
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "solana-account",
  "solana-account-decoder-client-types",
  "solana-address-lookup-table-interface",
@@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "light-system-program-anchor",
  "light-test-utils",
  "light-verifier",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "serial_test",
  "solana-sdk",
  "spl-token",
@@ -2142,7 +2142,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
  "photon-api",
  "prometheus",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "reqwest 0.12.23",
  "scopeguard",
  "serde",
@@ -2188,7 +2188,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "light-sparse-merkle-tree",
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
  "num-traits",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "reqwest 0.12.23",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -3250,7 +3250,7 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 dependencies = [
  "borsh 0.10.4",
  "pinocchio",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "solana-account-info",
  "solana-program-error",
  "solana-pubkey",
@@ -3276,7 +3276,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "light-verifier",
  "light-zero-copy",
  "pinocchio",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "serial_test",
  "solana-account-info",
  "solana-msg",
@@ -3296,7 +3296,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "light-hasher",
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
  "pinocchio",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "solana-nostd-keccak",
  "solana-program-error",
  "thiserror 2.0.14",
@@ -3334,7 +3334,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
  "num-traits",
  "photon-api",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "solana-account",
  "solana-account-decoder-client-types",
  "solana-address-lookup-table-interface",
@@ -3374,7 +3374,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "light-zero-copy",
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
  "pinocchio",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "solana-program-error",
  "solana-pubkey",
  "thiserror 2.0.14",
@@ -3394,7 +3394,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "light-system-program-anchor",
  "light-zero-copy",
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "solana-sdk",
  "solana-security-txt",
  "spl-token",
@@ -3417,7 +3417,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
  "num-traits",
  "pinocchio",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "solana-program-error",
  "thiserror 2.0.14",
  "tokio",
@@ -3432,7 +3432,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "light-hasher",
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
  "num-traits",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "solana-program-error",
  "thiserror 2.0.14",
 ]
@@ -3448,7 +3448,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "light-poseidon 0.3.0",
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
  "pinocchio",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "sha2 0.10.9",
  "sha3",
  "solana-nostd-keccak",
@@ -3471,7 +3471,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "light-hasher",
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
  "num-traits",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "thiserror 2.0.14",
 ]
 
@@ -3487,7 +3487,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
  "num-traits",
  "pinocchio",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "solana-program-error",
  "thiserror 2.0.14",
 ]
@@ -3526,7 +3526,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "light-indexed-array",
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
  "num-traits",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "thiserror 2.0.14",
 ]
 
@@ -3581,7 +3581,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
  "num-traits",
  "photon-api",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "reqwest 0.12.23",
  "solana-account",
  "solana-banks-client",
@@ -3716,7 +3716,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "light-merkle-tree-reference",
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
  "num-traits",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "thiserror 2.0.14",
 ]
 
@@ -3751,7 +3751,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "light-zero-copy",
  "pinocchio",
  "pinocchio-system",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "solana-pubkey",
  "solana-security-txt",
  "thiserror 2.0.14",
@@ -3787,7 +3787,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
  "num-traits",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "reqwest 0.12.23",
  "solana-banks-client",
  "solana-sdk",
@@ -3815,7 +3815,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "borsh 0.10.4",
  "light-zero-copy-derive",
  "pinocchio",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "solana-program-error",
  "zerocopy",
 ]
@@ -3829,7 +3829,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "light-zero-copy",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "syn 2.0.105",
  "trybuild",
  "zerocopy",
@@ -9035,7 +9035,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "light-system-program-anchor",
  "light-test-utils",
  "light-verifier",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "serial_test",
  "solana-sdk",
  "tokio",
@@ -9064,7 +9064,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "light-system-program-anchor",
  "light-test-utils",
  "light-verifier",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "serial_test",
  "solana-sdk",
  "tokio",
@@ -10628,7 +10628,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "light-test-utils",
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
  "quote",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2 0.10.9",
  "solana-client",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 881233cd9c..56ce6ce894 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -212,4 +212,4 @@ serial_test = "3.2.0"
 governor = "0.8.0"
 
 # Random
-rand = "0.8.5"
+rand = "0.9.2"
diff --git a/program-libs/zero-copy-derive/Cargo.toml b/program-libs/zero-copy-derive/Cargo.toml
index 1cdc8254e8..2bf0760c88 100644
--- a/program-libs/zero-copy-derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/program-libs/zero-copy-derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ lazy_static = "1.4"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 trybuild = "1.0"
-rand = "0.8"
+rand = "0.9"
 borsh = { workspace = true }
 light-zero-copy = { workspace = true, features = ["std", "derive"] }
 zerocopy = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }