diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c5db88d2e..9e7fa7676 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ hex-literal = "0.4.1"
 impl-trait-for-tuples = "0.2.2"
 jsonrpsee = { version = "0.24.3", features = [ "server" ] }
 log = { version = "0.4.22", default-features = false }
-rand = "0.8.5"
+rand = "0.8.6"
 scale-info = { version = "2.11.6", default-features = false, features = [
 	"derive",
 ] }
diff --git a/pop-api/Cargo.lock b/pop-api/Cargo.lock
index ba83a109c..c5e731bee 100644
--- a/pop-api/Cargo.lock
+++ b/pop-api/Cargo.lock
@@ -2818,9 +2818,9 @@ checksum = "dc33ff2d4973d518d823d61aa239014831e521c75da58e3df4840d3f47749d09"
 
 [[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",