diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 36d82cde..1063ec8c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ blake2s_simd = "0.5"
 jubjub = "0.3"
 serde = { version = "1", optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_derive = "1"
-rand = { version = "0.7", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { version = "0.8", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
 wasm-bindgen = {version = "^0.2", features = ["nightly", "serde-serialize"]}
 
 [dev-dependencies]