diff --git a/crates/chain/Cargo.toml b/crates/chain/Cargo.toml
index baa6c2741..455155b11 100644
--- a/crates/chain/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/chain/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ miniscript = { version = "12.0.0", optional = true, default-features = false }
 rusqlite = { version = "0.31.0", features = ["bundled"], optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand = "0.8"
+rand = "0.9"
 proptest = "1.2.0"
 bdk_testenv = { path = "../testenv", default-features = false }
 criterion = { version = "0.2" }
diff --git a/crates/wallet/Cargo.toml b/crates/wallet/Cargo.toml
index cc24f2c9f..9fa0a200a 100644
--- a/crates/wallet/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/wallet/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rust-version = "1.63"
 workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-rand_core = { version = "0.6.0" }
+rand_core = { version = "0.9.0" }
 miniscript = { version = "12.0.0", features = [ "serde" ], default-features = false }
 bitcoin = { version = "0.32.4", features = [ "serde", "base64" ], default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "^1.0", features = ["derive"] }
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ bdk_chain = { version = "0.21.1", features = ["rusqlite"] }
 bdk_wallet = { path = ".", features = ["rusqlite", "file_store", "test-utils"] }
 bdk_file_store = { version = "0.18.1" }
 anyhow = "1"
-rand = "^0.8"
+rand = "^0.9"
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 all-features = true
diff --git a/example-crates/example_cli/Cargo.toml b/example-crates/example_cli/Cargo.toml
index 290908a6a..f42a6b43c 100644
--- a/example-crates/example_cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/example-crates/example_cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ bitcoin = { version = "0.32.0", features = ["base64"], default-features = false
 
 anyhow = "1"
 clap = { version = "4.5.17", features = ["derive", "env"] }
-rand = "0.8"
+rand = "0.9"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
diff --git a/example-crates/example_cli/src/lib.rs b/example-crates/example_cli/src/lib.rs
index 3a700db3a..dabcdb69e 100644
--- a/example-crates/example_cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/example-crates/example_cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ where
         CoinSelectionAlgo::NewestFirst => {
             plan_utxos.sort_by_key(|(_, utxo)| cmp::Reverse(utxo.chain_position))
         }
-        CoinSelectionAlgo::BranchAndBound => plan_utxos.shuffle(&mut thread_rng()),
+        CoinSelectionAlgo::BranchAndBound => plan_utxos.shuffle(&mut rand::rng()),
     }
 
     // build candidate set
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ where
             indexer: changeset,
             index: change_index,
         });
-        outputs.shuffle(&mut thread_rng());
+        outputs.shuffle(&mut rand::rng());
     }
 
     let unsigned_tx = Transaction {
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ where
 fn generate_bip86_helper(network: impl Into<NetworkKind>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let secp = Secp256k1::new();
     let mut seed = [0x00; 32];
-    thread_rng().fill_bytes(&mut seed);
+    rand::rng().fill_bytes(&mut seed);
 
     let m = bip32::Xpriv::new_master(network, &seed)?;
     let fp = m.fingerprint(&secp);