diff --git a/rpxy-lib/Cargo.toml b/rpxy-lib/Cargo.toml
index 1b00f0e..b04b5f2 100644
--- a/rpxy-lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rpxy-lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ post-quantum = [
 ]
 
 [dependencies]
-rand = "0.8.5"
+rand = "0.9.0"
 ahash = "0.8.11"
 bytes = "1.9.0"
 derive_builder = "0.20.2"
diff --git a/rpxy-lib/src/backend/load_balance/load_balance_main.rs b/rpxy-lib/src/backend/load_balance/load_balance_main.rs
index 0b3eff8..0db21dd 100644
--- a/rpxy-lib/src/backend/load_balance/load_balance_main.rs
+++ b/rpxy-lib/src/backend/load_balance/load_balance_main.rs
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ impl LoadBalanceRandomBuilder {
 impl LoadBalanceWithPointer for LoadBalanceRandom {
   /// Returns the random index within the range
   fn get_ptr(&self, _info: Option<&LoadBalanceContext>) -> PointerToUpstream {
-    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
-    let ptr = rng.gen_range(0..self.num_upstreams);
+    let mut rng = rand::rng();
+    let ptr = rng.random_range(0..self.num_upstreams);
     PointerToUpstream { ptr, context: None }
   }
 }