diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6da14f81ee8..a9a612ae666 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ phf = "0.11.2"
 phf_codegen = "0.11.2"
 platform-info = "2.0.3"
 quick-error = "2.0.1"
-rand = { version = "0.8", features = ["small_rng"] }
+rand = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["small_rng"] }
 rand_core = "0.6.4"
 rayon = "1.10"
 redox_syscall = "0.5.1"
diff --git a/fuzz/Cargo.toml b/fuzz/Cargo.toml
index 510f45014d8..57e3d88c297 100644
--- a/fuzz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuzz/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cargo-fuzz = true
 libfuzzer-sys = "0.4.7"
 libc = "0.2.154"
 tempfile = "3.10.1"
-rand = { version = "0.8", features = ["small_rng"] }
+rand = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["small_rng"] }
 similar = "2"
 
 uucore = { path = "../src/uucore/" }