diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 63bdf3d..e2a1ead 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
-version = "0.8.5"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
+checksum = "5ca0ecfa931c29007047d1bc58e623ab12e5590e8c7cc53200d5202b69266d8a"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "rand_chacha",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fc051c2..05cc985 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ default-run = "brc-rs"
 name = "create_measurements"
 required-features = ["generate"]
 [dependencies]
-rand = { version = "0.8.5", optional = true }
+rand = { version = "0.8.6", optional = true }
 rand_distr = { version = "0.4.3", optional = true }
 
 [features]