diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 14cff0c..30e6734 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ strict_encoding = { version = "1.2", optional = true }
 subtle = { version = "2", default-features = false }
 hash_edwards_to_edwards = { git = "https://github.com/comit-network/hash_edwards_to_edwards" }
 integer-encoding = "3"
-rand = { version = "0.7", optional = true }
+rand = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
 lazy_static = "1"
 clear_on_drop = { version = "0.2", default-features = false }
 itertools = "0.10"
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 default-features = false
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand = { version = "0.7", features = ["std"] }
+rand = { version = "0.8", features = ["std"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]