diff --git a/security-monitor/rust-crates/riscv_cove_tap/Cargo.toml b/security-monitor/rust-crates/riscv_cove_tap/Cargo.toml
index ec7da89..3decf77 100644
--- a/security-monitor/rust-crates/riscv_cove_tap/Cargo.toml
+++ b/security-monitor/rust-crates/riscv_cove_tap/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ description = "Library to parse the RISC-V CoVE's TEE attestation payload"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
-rand = {version = "0.8.5", optional=true}
+rand = {version = "0.9.0", optional=true}
 
 hybrid-array = "0.2.3"
 ml-kem = {version = "0.3.0-pre", default-features=false, features = [] }