diff --git a/clients/native/Cargo.toml b/clients/native/Cargo.toml
index 7d6d41b596..1f5a3652b2 100644
--- a/clients/native/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clients/native/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ bs58 = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 dirs = "4.0"
 log = { workspace = true } # self explanatory
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] } # rng-related traits + some rng implementation to use
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] } # for config serialization/deserialization
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/clients/socks5/Cargo.toml b/clients/socks5/Cargo.toml
index 460ed116ef..e729c1ae02 100644
--- a/clients/socks5/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clients/socks5/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ serde_json = { workspace = true }
 tap = "1.0.1"
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.24.1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "net", "signal"] }
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 time = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
 zeroize = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/common/bandwidth-controller/Cargo.toml b/common/bandwidth-controller/Cargo.toml
index 284ccbfc77..b122849639 100644
--- a/common/bandwidth-controller/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/bandwidth-controller/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ license.workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 bip39 = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
 zeroize = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/common/client-core/Cargo.toml b/common/client-core/Cargo.toml
index 49a631e641..d6d1037b1b 100644
--- a/common/client-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/client-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 humantime-serde = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 sha2 = "0.10.6"
diff --git a/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml b/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml
index b69b8bcea2..782439770b 100644
--- a/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ futures = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.24.1", features = ["macros"] }
 si-scale = "0.2.2"
 time.workspace = true
diff --git a/common/credentials/Cargo.toml b/common/credentials/Cargo.toml
index 053e0f80fc..7d87b83585 100644
--- a/common/credentials/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/credentials/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ nym-api-requests = { path = "../../nym-api/nym-api-requests" }
 nym-validator-client = { path = "../client-libs/validator-client", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = "0.8.5"
 
diff --git a/common/crypto/Cargo.toml b/common/crypto/Cargo.toml
index 061dea6183..aec1fc869c 100644
--- a/common/crypto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/crypto/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ generic-array = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 hkdf = { version = "0.12.3", optional = true }
 hmac = { version = "0.12.1", optional = true }
 cipher = { version = "0.4.3", optional = true }
-x25519-dalek = { version = "1.1", optional = true }
-ed25519-dalek = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"], optional = true }
+x25519-dalek = { version = "2.0.0", optional = true }
+ed25519-dalek = { version = "2.1", features = ["rand_core"], optional = true }
+rand = { version = "0.8.5", optional = true }
 serde_bytes = { version = "0.11.6", optional = true }
 serde_crate = { version = "1.0", optional = true, default_features = false, features = ["derive"], package = "serde" }
 subtle-encoding = { version = "0.5", features =  ["bech32-preview"]}
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ nym-sphinx-types = { path = "../nymsphinx/types", version = "0.2.0", default-fea
 nym-pemstore = { path = "../../common/pemstore", version = "0.3.0" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand_chacha = "0.2"
+rand_chacha = "0.3"
 
 [features]
 default = ["sphinx"]
diff --git a/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/encryption/mod.rs b/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/encryption/mod.rs
index 5e095beeab..60f8109e95 100644
--- a/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/encryption/mod.rs
+++ b/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/encryption/mod.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pub struct KeyPair {
 impl KeyPair {
     #[cfg(feature = "rand")]
     pub fn new<R: RngCore + CryptoRng>(rng: &mut R) -> Self {
-        let private_key = x25519_dalek::StaticSecret::new(rng);
+        let private_key = x25519_dalek::StaticSecret::random_from_rng(rng);
         let public_key = (&private_key).into();
 
         KeyPair {
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ impl<'a> From<&'a PrivateKey> for PublicKey {
 impl PrivateKey {
     #[cfg(feature = "rand")]
     pub fn new<R: RngCore + CryptoRng>(rng: &mut R) -> Self {
-        let x25519_secret = x25519_dalek::StaticSecret::new(rng);
+        let x25519_secret = x25519_dalek::StaticSecret::random_from_rng(rng);
 
         PrivateKey(x25519_secret)
     }
@@ -322,9 +322,7 @@ impl<'a> From<&'a PrivateKey> for nym_sphinx_types::PrivateKey {
 #[cfg(feature = "sphinx")]
 impl From<nym_sphinx_types::PrivateKey> for PrivateKey {
     fn from(private_key: nym_sphinx_types::PrivateKey) -> Self {
-        let private_key_bytes = private_key.to_bytes();
-        assert_eq!(private_key_bytes.len(), PRIVATE_KEY_SIZE);
-        Self::from_bytes(&private_key_bytes).unwrap()
+        Self(private_key)
     }
 }
 
@@ -366,7 +364,7 @@ mod sphinx_key_conversion {
     #[test]
     fn works_for_backward_conversion() {
         for _ in 0..NUM_ITERATIONS {
-            let (sphinx_private, sphinx_public) = nym_sphinx_types::crypto::keygen();
+            let (sphinx_private, sphinx_public) = nym_sphinx_types::test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
 
             let private_bytes = sphinx_private.to_bytes();
             let public_bytes = sphinx_public.as_bytes();
diff --git a/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/identity/mod.rs b/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/identity/mod.rs
index a48fb78a82..eb7d5861d2 100644
--- a/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/identity/mod.rs
+++ b/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/identity/mod.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-pub use ed25519_dalek::ed25519::signature::Signature as SignatureTrait;
 pub use ed25519_dalek::SignatureError;
+use ed25519_dalek::{Signer, SigningKey};
 pub use ed25519_dalek::{Verifier, PUBLIC_KEY_LENGTH, SECRET_KEY_LENGTH, SIGNATURE_LENGTH};
 use nym_pemstore::traits::{PemStorableKey, PemStorableKeyPair};
 use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ pub enum Ed25519RecoveryError {
     #[error(transparent)]
     MalformedBytes(#[from] SignatureError),
 
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    BytesLengthError(#[from] std::array::TryFromSliceError),
+
     #[error("the base58 representation of the public key was malformed - {source}")]
     MalformedPublicKeyString {
         #[source]
@@ -64,11 +67,11 @@ pub struct KeyPair {
 impl KeyPair {
     #[cfg(feature = "rand")]
     pub fn new<R: RngCore + CryptoRng>(rng: &mut R) -> Self {
-        let ed25519_keypair = ed25519_dalek::Keypair::generate(rng);
+        let ed25519_signing_key = ed25519_dalek::SigningKey::generate(rng);
 
         KeyPair {
-            private_key: PrivateKey(ed25519_keypair.secret),
-            public_key: PublicKey(ed25519_keypair.public),
+            private_key: PrivateKey(ed25519_signing_key.to_bytes()),
+            public_key: PublicKey(ed25519_signing_key.verifying_key()),
         }
     }
 
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ impl PemStorableKeyPair for KeyPair {
 
 /// ed25519 EdDSA Public Key
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
-pub struct PublicKey(ed25519_dalek::PublicKey);
+pub struct PublicKey(ed25519_dalek::VerifyingKey);
 
 impl Display for PublicKey {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
@@ -135,7 +138,9 @@ impl PublicKey {
     }
 
     pub fn from_bytes(b: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, Ed25519RecoveryError> {
-        Ok(PublicKey(ed25519_dalek::PublicKey::from_bytes(b)?))
+        Ok(PublicKey(ed25519_dalek::VerifyingKey::from_bytes(
+            b.try_into()?,
+        )?))
     }
 
     pub fn to_base58_string(self) -> String {
@@ -189,7 +194,7 @@ impl<'d> Deserialize<'d> for PublicKey {
     where
         D: Deserializer<'d>,
     {
-        Ok(PublicKey(ed25519_dalek::PublicKey::deserialize(
+        Ok(PublicKey(ed25519_dalek::VerifyingKey::deserialize(
             deserializer,
         )?))
     }
@@ -223,14 +228,14 @@ impl Display for PrivateKey {
 
 impl<'a> From<&'a PrivateKey> for PublicKey {
     fn from(pk: &'a PrivateKey) -> Self {
-        PublicKey((&pk.0).into())
+        PublicKey(SigningKey::from_bytes(&pk.0).verifying_key())
     }
 }
 
 impl PrivateKey {
     #[cfg(feature = "rand")]
     pub fn new<R: RngCore + CryptoRng>(rng: &mut R) -> Self {
-        let ed25519_secret = ed25519_dalek::SecretKey::generate(rng);
+        let ed25519_secret = ed25519_dalek::SigningKey::generate(rng).to_bytes();
 
         PrivateKey(ed25519_secret)
     }
@@ -240,11 +245,11 @@ impl PrivateKey {
     }
 
     pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> [u8; SECRET_KEY_LENGTH] {
-        self.0.to_bytes()
+        self.0
     }
 
     pub fn from_bytes(b: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, Ed25519RecoveryError> {
-        Ok(PrivateKey(ed25519_dalek::SecretKey::from_bytes(b)?))
+        Ok(PrivateKey(b.try_into()?))
     }
 
     pub fn to_base58_string(&self) -> String {
@@ -259,9 +264,8 @@ impl PrivateKey {
     }
 
     pub fn sign<M: AsRef<[u8]>>(&self, message: M) -> Signature {
-        let expanded_secret_key = ed25519_dalek::ExpandedSecretKey::from(&self.0);
-        let public_key: PublicKey = self.into();
-        let sig = expanded_secret_key.sign(message.as_ref(), &public_key.0);
+        let signing_key: SigningKey = self.0.into();
+        let sig = signing_key.sign(message.as_ref());
         Signature(sig)
     }
 
@@ -330,7 +334,9 @@ impl Signature {
     }
 
     pub fn from_bytes(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, Ed25519RecoveryError> {
-        Ok(Signature(ed25519_dalek::Signature::from_bytes(bytes)?))
+        Ok(Signature(ed25519_dalek::Signature::from_bytes(
+            bytes.try_into()?,
+        )))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/common/crypto/src/shared_key.rs b/common/crypto/src/shared_key.rs
index 35ccf2432e..bcc707489b 100644
--- a/common/crypto/src/shared_key.rs
+++ b/common/crypto/src/shared_key.rs
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 
 use crate::asymmetric::encryption;
 use crate::hkdf;
+#[cfg(feature = "rand")]
+use cipher::crypto_common::rand_core::{CryptoRng, RngCore};
 use cipher::{Key, KeyIvInit, StreamCipher};
 use digest::crypto_common::BlockSizeUser;
 use digest::Digest;
-#[cfg(feature = "rand")]
-use rand::{CryptoRng, RngCore};
 
 /// Generate an ephemeral encryption keypair and perform diffie-hellman to establish
 /// shared key with the remote.
diff --git a/common/mixnode-common/src/packet_processor/processor.rs b/common/mixnode-common/src/packet_processor/processor.rs
index 03a8f37880..b577fe58ef 100644
--- a/common/mixnode-common/src/packet_processor/processor.rs
+++ b/common/mixnode-common/src/packet_processor/processor.rs
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ impl SphinxPacketProcessor {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use nym_sphinx_types::crypto::keygen;
+    use nym_sphinx_types::test_utils::fixtures::keygen;
 
     fn fixture() -> SphinxPacketProcessor {
         let local_keys = keygen();
diff --git a/common/node-tester-utils/Cargo.toml b/common/node-tester-utils/Cargo.toml
index 647453edfd..cdb2ddb994 100644
--- a/common/node-tester-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/node-tester-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ license.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 futures = { workspace = true }
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/Cargo.toml
index 955051b267..7a7688ac3e 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ repository = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
 log = { workspace = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
-rand_distr = "0.3"
+rand = { workspace = true }
+rand_distr = "0.4"
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
 nym-sphinx-acknowledgements = { path = "acknowledgements" }
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/acknowledgements/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/acknowledgements/Cargo.toml
index da9977d1f3..3d997c436f 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/acknowledgements/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/acknowledgements/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde_crate = { version = "1.0", optional = true, default_features = false, features = ["derive"], package = "serde" }
 generic-array = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["serde"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/addressing/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/addressing/Cargo.toml
index c73e692e62..d1b58ebee5 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/addressing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/addressing/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ serde = "1.0" # implementing serialization/deserialization for some types, like
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand = "0.7"
+rand = "0.8.5"
 nym-crypto = { path = "../../crypto", features = ["rand"] }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/anonymous-replies/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/anonymous-replies/Cargo.toml
index 9c057f31f5..9ece0e1085 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/anonymous-replies/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/anonymous-replies/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 bs58 = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ nym-topology = { path = "../../topology" }
 version = "0.2.83"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand_chacha = "0.2"
+rand_chacha = "0.3"
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/anonymous-replies/src/requests.rs b/common/nymsphinx/anonymous-replies/src/requests.rs
index 9dd4c84dc0..b175026b18 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/anonymous-replies/src/requests.rs
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/anonymous-replies/src/requests.rs
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ mod tests {
             let mut address_bytes = [0; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH];
             rng.fill_bytes(&mut address_bytes);
 
-            let dummy_private = PrivateKey::new_with_rng(rng);
+            let dummy_private = PrivateKey::random_from_rng(rng);
             let pub_key = (&dummy_private).into();
             Node {
                 address: NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes(address_bytes),
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/chunking/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/chunking/Cargo.toml
index 542c8d28e2..dc608a9718 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/chunking/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/chunking/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ repository = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
 log = { workspace = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
 nym-sphinx-addressing = { path = "../addressing" }
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/cover/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/cover/Cargo.toml
index d3da16d2db..59710923d1 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/cover/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/cover/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
 nym-crypto = { path = "../../crypto" }
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/framing/src/codec.rs b/common/nymsphinx/framing/src/codec.rs
index 2abc29f91e..65c2b39e46 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/framing/src/codec.rs
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/framing/src/codec.rs
@@ -130,28 +130,28 @@ impl Decoder for NymCodec {
 mod packet_encoding {
     use super::*;
     use nym_sphinx_types::{
-        crypto, Delay as SphinxDelay, Destination, DestinationAddressBytes, Node, NodeAddressBytes,
-        DESTINATION_ADDRESS_LENGTH, IDENTIFIER_LENGTH, NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH,
+        test_utils, Delay as SphinxDelay, Destination, DestinationAddressBytes, Node,
+        NodeAddressBytes, DESTINATION_ADDRESS_LENGTH, IDENTIFIER_LENGTH, NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH,
     };
 
     fn make_valid_outfox_packet(size: PacketSize) -> NymPacket {
-        let (_, node1_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node1_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node1 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([5u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node1_pk,
         );
-        let (_, node2_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node2_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node2 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([4u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node2_pk,
         );
-        let (_, node3_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node3_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node3 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([2u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node3_pk,
         );
 
-        let (_, node4_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node4_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node4 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([2u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node4_pk,
@@ -170,17 +170,17 @@ mod packet_encoding {
     }
 
     fn make_valid_sphinx_packet(size: PacketSize) -> NymPacket {
-        let (_, node1_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node1_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node1 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([5u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node1_pk,
         );
-        let (_, node2_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node2_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node2 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([4u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node2_pk,
         );
-        let (_, node3_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node3_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node3 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([2u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node3_pk,
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/types/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/types/Cargo.toml
index 47ad47c2d2..fe47ed5212 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/types/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
-sphinx-packet = { version = "0.1.0", optional = true }
+sphinx-packet = { git = "https://github.com/nymtech/sphinx.git", branch = "simon/x25519", optional = true }
 nym-outfox = { path = "../../../nym-outfox", optional = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/types/src/lib.rs b/common/nymsphinx/types/src/lib.rs
index d75060e9b0..ec61abe22f 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/types/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/types/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pub use sphinx_packet::{
     payload::{Payload, PAYLOAD_OVERHEAD_SIZE},
     route::{Destination, DestinationAddressBytes, Node, NodeAddressBytes, SURBIdentifier},
     surb::{SURBMaterial, SURB},
-    Error as SphinxError, ProcessedPacket,
+    test_utils, Error as SphinxError, ProcessedPacket,
 };
 #[cfg(feature = "sphinx")]
 use sphinx_packet::{SphinxPacket, SphinxPacketBuilder};
diff --git a/common/socks5-client-core/Cargo.toml b/common/socks5-client-core/Cargo.toml
index 52fc4d6d0b..49124fe02a 100644
--- a/common/socks5-client-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/socks5-client-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dirs = "4.0"
 futures = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 pin-project = "1.0"
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 reqwest = { workspace = true }
 schemars = { workspace = true, features = ["preserve_order"] }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] } # for config serialization/deserialization
diff --git a/common/topology/Cargo.toml b/common/topology/Cargo.toml
index f8ec395887..471a8621a4 100644
--- a/common/topology/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/topology/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ documentation = { workspace = true }
 [dependencies]
 bs58 = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 async-trait = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 semver = "0.11"
diff --git a/common/wasm/client-core/Cargo.toml b/common/wasm/client-core/Cargo.toml
index 5e6a701883..5a8cdc75bc 100644
--- a/common/wasm/client-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/wasm/client-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/nymtech/nym"
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 js-sys = { workspace = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde-wasm-bindgen = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/common/wireguard-types/Cargo.toml b/common/wireguard-types/Cargo.toml
index 07d440ad6b..d869184cc0 100644
--- a/common/wireguard-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/wireguard-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ serde_json = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 x25519-dalek = { version = "2.0.0", features = ["static_secrets"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = "0.8.5"
 nym-crypto = { path = "../crypto", features = ["rand"]}
 
 
diff --git a/contracts/Cargo.lock b/contracts/Cargo.lock
index 026e514e9c..f4c99a774e 100644
--- a/contracts/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/Cargo.lock
@@ -12,25 +12,34 @@ dependencies = [
  "cipher",
  "cpufeatures",
  "ctr",
- "opaque-debug 0.3.0",
+ "opaque-debug 0.3.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
-version = "0.7.6"
+version = "0.7.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fcb51a0695d8f838b1ee009b3fbf66bda078cd64590202a864a8f3e8c4315c47"
+checksum = "891477e0c6a8957309ee5c45a6368af3ae14bb510732d2684ffa19af310920f9"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.10",
+ "getrandom 0.2.14",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "anyhow"
-version = "1.0.70"
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "1.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7de8ce5e0f9f8d88245311066a578d72b7af3e7088f32783804676302df237e4"
+checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anyhow"
+version = "1.0.82"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f538837af36e6f6a9be0faa67f9a314f8119e4e4b5867c6ab40ed60360142519"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "arrayref"
@@ -40,9 +49,9 @@ checksum = "6b4930d2cb77ce62f89ee5d5289b4ac049559b1c45539271f5ed4fdc7db34545"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
+checksum = "f1fdabc7756949593fe60f30ec81974b613357de856987752631dea1e3394c80"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "base16ct"
@@ -64,9 +73,9 @@ checksum = "9e1b586273c5702936fe7b7d6896644d8be71e6314cfe09d3167c95f712589e8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.21.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a4a4ddaa51a5bc52a6948f74c06d20aaaddb71924eab79b8c97a8c556e942d6a"
+checksum = "9d297deb1925b89f2ccc13d7635fa0714f12c87adce1c75356b39ca9b7178567"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "base64ct"
@@ -133,9 +142,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "3.12.1"
+version = "3.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9b1ce199063694f33ffb7dd4e0ee620741495c32833cde5aa08f02a0bf96f0c8"
+checksum = "79296716171880943b8470b5f8d03aa55eb2e645a4874bdbb28adb49162e012c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "byte-tools"
@@ -145,23 +154,24 @@ checksum = "e3b5ca7a04898ad4bcd41c90c5285445ff5b791899bb1b0abdd2a2aa791211d7"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
-version = "1.4.3"
+version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "14c189c53d098945499cdfa7ecc63567cf3886b3332b312a5b4585d8d3a6a610"
+checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "1.6.0"
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-checksum = "89b2fd2a0dcf38d7971e2194b6b6eebab45ae01067456a7fd93d5547a61b70be"
+checksum = "514de17de45fdb8dc022b1a7975556c53c86f9f0aa5f534b98977b171857c2c9"
 
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-version = "1.0.79"
+version = "1.0.94"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "50d30906286121d95be3d479533b458f87493b30a4b5f79a607db8f5d11aa91f"
+checksum = "17f6e324229dc011159fcc089755d1e2e216a90d43a7dea6853ca740b84f35e7"
 dependencies = [
  "jobserver",
+ "libc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -210,7 +220,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "nym-group-contract-common",
  "nym-multisig-contract-common",
- "rand_chacha 0.2.2",
+ "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
  "subtle-encoding",
@@ -219,9 +229,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.9.2"
+version = "0.9.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "520fbf3c07483f94e3e3ca9d0cfd913d7718ef2483d2cfd91c0d9e91474ab913"
+checksum = "c2459377285ad874054d797f3ccebf984978aa39129f6eafde5cdc8315b612f8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cosmwasm-crypto"
@@ -231,7 +241,7 @@ checksum = "c533b66e502ecab30fec23d03eb54ab1d3ce120645a00493459f8510b7a9736f"
 dependencies = [
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  "ed25519-zebra",
- "k256 0.13.2",
+ "k256 0.13.3",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "thiserror",
 ]
@@ -275,7 +285,7 @@ version = "1.4.3"
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 dependencies = [
- "base64 0.21.0",
+ "base64 0.21.7",
  "bnum",
  "cosmwasm-crypto",
  "cosmwasm-derive",
@@ -285,7 +295,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "schemars",
  "serde",
  "serde-json-wasm",
- "sha2 0.10.6",
+ "sha2 0.10.8",
  "thiserror",
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-version = "0.2.5"
+version = "0.2.12"
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-checksum = "28d997bd5e24a5928dd43e46dc529867e207907fe0b239c3477d924f7f2ca320"
+checksum = "53fe5e26ff1b7aef8bca9c6080520cfb8d9333c7568e1829cef191a9723e5504"
 dependencies = [
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 ]
@@ -384,6 +394,34 @@ dependencies = [
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+name = "curve25519-dalek"
+version = "4.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0a677b8922c94e01bdbb12126b0bc852f00447528dee1782229af9c720c3f348"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "curve25519-dalek-derive",
+ "digest 0.10.7",
+ "fiat-crypto",
+ "platforms",
+ "rustc_version",
+ "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "curve25519-dalek-derive"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f46882e17999c6cc590af592290432be3bce0428cb0d5f8b6715e4dc7b383eb3"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cw-controllers"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -474,14 +512,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
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 name = "cw20-base"
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "1.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "afcd279230b08ed8afd8be5828221622bd5b9ce25d0b01d58bad626c6ce0169c"
+checksum = "17ad79e86ea3707229bf78df94e08732e8f713207b4a77b2699755596725e7d9"
 dependencies = [
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  "cosmwasm-std",
  "cw-storage-plus",
- "cw-utils",
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  "cw20",
  "schemars",
@@ -584,9 +621,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.7.8"
+version = "0.7.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fffa369a668c8af7dbf8b5e56c9f744fbd399949ed171606040001947de40b1c"
+checksum = "f55bf8e7b65898637379c1b74eb1551107c8294ed26d855ceb9fd1a09cfc9bc0"
 dependencies = [
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  "zeroize",
@@ -594,9 +631,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.3.9"
+version = "0.3.11"
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-checksum = "0f32d04922c60427da6f9fef14d042d9edddef64cb9d4ce0d64d0685fbeb1fd3"
+checksum = "b42b6fa04a440b495c8b04d0e71b707c585f83cb9cb28cf8cd0d976c315e31b4"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -644,9 +681,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.0.11"
+version = "1.0.17"
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-checksum = "68b0cf012f1230e43cd00ebb729c6bb58707ecfa8ad08b52ef3a4ccd2697fc30"
+checksum = "0d6ef0072f8a535281e4876be788938b528e9a1d43900b82c2569af7da799125"
 
 [[package]]
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@@ -666,9 +703,9 @@ version = "0.16.9"
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 dependencies = [
- "der 0.7.8",
+ "der 0.7.9",
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- "elliptic-curve 0.13.7",
+ "elliptic-curve 0.13.8",
  "rfc6979 0.4.0",
  "signature 2.2.0",
  "spki 0.7.3",
@@ -676,24 +713,26 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ed25519"
-version = "1.5.3"
+version = "2.2.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "91cff35c70bba8a626e3185d8cd48cc11b5437e1a5bcd15b9b5fa3c64b6dfee7"
+checksum = "115531babc129696a58c64a4fef0a8bf9e9698629fb97e9e40767d235cfbcd53"
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- "signature 1.6.4",
+ "pkcs8 0.10.2",
+ "signature 2.2.0",
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-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "2.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c762bae6dcaf24c4c84667b8579785430908723d5c889f469d76a41d59cc7a9d"
+checksum = "4a3daa8e81a3963a60642bcc1f90a670680bd4a77535faa384e9d1c79d620871"
 dependencies = [
- "curve25519-dalek",
+ "curve25519-dalek 4.1.2",
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- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "serde",
- "sha2 0.9.9",
+ "sha2 0.10.8",
+ "subtle 2.4.1",
  "zeroize",
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 checksum = "7c24f403d068ad0b359e577a77f92392118be3f3c927538f2bb544a5ecd828c6"
 dependencies = [
- "curve25519-dalek",
+ "curve25519-dalek 3.2.0",
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  "hex",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
@@ -714,9 +753,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.8.1"
+version = "1.11.0"
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-checksum = "7fcaabb2fef8c910e7f4c7ce9f67a1283a1715879a7c230ca9d6d1ae31f16d91"
+checksum = "a47c1c47d2f5964e29c61246e81db715514cd532db6b5116a25ea3c03d6780a2"
 
 [[package]]
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@@ -740,9 +779,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.13.7"
+version = "0.13.8"
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-checksum = "e9775b22bc152ad86a0cf23f0f348b884b26add12bf741e7ffc4d4ab2ab4d205"
+checksum = "b5e6043086bf7973472e0c7dff2142ea0b680d30e18d9cc40f267efbf222bd47"
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@@ -768,13 +807,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.0"
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-checksum = "355f93763ef7b0ae1c43c4d8eccc9d5848d84ad1a1d8ce61c421d1ac85a19d05"
+checksum = "03cdc46ec28bd728e67540c528013c6a10eb69a02eb31078a1bda695438cbfb8"
 dependencies = [
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- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
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 [[package]]
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 [[package]]
-name = "form_urlencoded"
-version = "1.1.0"
+name = "fiat-crypto"
+version = "0.2.7"
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-checksum = "a9c384f161156f5260c24a097c56119f9be8c798586aecc13afbcbe7b7e26bf8"
+checksum = "c007b1ae3abe1cb6f85a16305acd418b7ca6343b953633fee2b76d8f108b830f"
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e13624c2627564efccf4934284bdd98cbaa14e79b0b5a141218e507b3a823456"
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+version = "0.3.30"
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-checksum = "23342abe12aba583913b2e62f22225ff9c950774065e4bfb61a19cd9770fec40"
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+version = "0.3.30"
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-checksum = "955518d47e09b25bbebc7a18df10b81f0c766eaf4c4f1cccef2fca5f2a4fb5f2"
+checksum = "eac8f7d7865dcb88bd4373ab671c8cf4508703796caa2b1985a9ca867b3fcb78"
 dependencies = [
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-checksum = "4bca583b7e26f571124fe5b7561d49cb2868d79116cfa0eefce955557c6fee8c"
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-checksum = "ccecee823288125bd88b4d7f565c9e58e41858e47ab72e8ea2d64e93624386e0"
+checksum = "a576fc72ae164fca6b9db127eaa9a9dda0d61316034f33a0a0d4eda41f02b01d"
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-checksum = "4fff74096e71ed47f8e023204cfd0aa1289cd54ae5430a9523be060cdb849964"
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- "syn 2.0.49",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
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-checksum = "f43be4fe21a13b9781a69afa4985b0f6ee0e1afab2c6f454a8cf30e2b2237b6e"
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-checksum = "76d3d132be6c0e6aa1534069c705a74a5997a356c0dc2f86a47765e5617c5b65"
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-checksum = "e64b03909df88034c26dc1547e8970b91f98bdb65165d6a4e9110d94263dbb2c"
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@@ -942,9 +987,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-checksum = "be4136b2a15dd319360be1c07d9933517ccf0be8f16bf62a3bee4f0d618df427"
+checksum = "94b22e06ecb0110981051723910cbf0b5f5e09a2062dd7663334ee79a9d1286c"
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@@ -1060,9 +1105,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-checksum = "e14ddfc70884202db2244c223200c204c2bda1bc6e0998d11b5e024d657209e6"
+checksum = "634d9b1461af396cad843f47fdba5597a4f9e6ddd4bfb6ff5d85028c25cb12f6"
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7d502c968c6a838ead8e69b2ee18ec708802f99db92a0d156705ec9ef801993b"
+checksum = "08f95100a766bf4f8f28f90d77e0a5461bbdb219042e7679bebe79004fed8d75"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
-version = "1.0.8"
+version = "1.0.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e5464a87b239f13a63a501f2701565754bae92d243d4bb7eb12f6d57d2269bf4"
+checksum = "3354b9ac3fae1ff6755cb6db53683adb661634f67557942dea4facebec0fee4b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-normalization"
-version = "0.1.22"
+version = "0.1.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5c5713f0fc4b5db668a2ac63cdb7bb4469d8c9fed047b1d0292cc7b0ce2ba921"
+checksum = "a56d1686db2308d901306f92a263857ef59ea39678a5458e7cb17f01415101f5"
 dependencies = [
  "tinyvec",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
-version = "2.3.1"
+version = "2.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0d68c799ae75762b8c3fe375feb6600ef5602c883c5d21eb51c09f22b83c4643"
+checksum = "31e6302e3bb753d46e83516cae55ae196fc0c309407cf11ab35cc51a4c2a4633"
 dependencies = [
  "form_urlencoded",
  "idna",
@@ -2232,9 +2301,9 @@ checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen"
-version = "0.2.84"
+version = "0.2.92"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "31f8dcbc21f30d9b8f2ea926ecb58f6b91192c17e9d33594b3df58b2007ca53b"
+checksum = "4be2531df63900aeb2bca0daaaddec08491ee64ceecbee5076636a3b026795a8"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "wasm-bindgen-macro",
@@ -2242,24 +2311,24 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-backend"
-version = "0.2.84"
+version = "0.2.92"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "95ce90fd5bcc06af55a641a86428ee4229e44e07033963a2290a8e241607ccb9"
+checksum = "614d787b966d3989fa7bb98a654e369c762374fd3213d212cfc0251257e747da"
 dependencies = [
  "bumpalo",
  "log",
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
-version = "0.2.84"
+version = "0.2.92"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4c21f77c0bedc37fd5dc21f897894a5ca01e7bb159884559461862ae90c0b4c5"
+checksum = "a1f8823de937b71b9460c0c34e25f3da88250760bec0ebac694b49997550d726"
 dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
@@ -2267,39 +2336,40 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro-support"
-version = "0.2.84"
+version = "0.2.92"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2aff81306fcac3c7515ad4e177f521b5c9a15f2b08f4e32d823066102f35a5f6"
+checksum = "e94f17b526d0a461a191c78ea52bbce64071ed5c04c9ffe424dcb38f74171bb7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-shared"
-version = "0.2.84"
+version = "0.2.92"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0046fef7e28c3804e5e38bfa31ea2a0f73905319b677e57ebe37e49358989b5d"
+checksum = "af190c94f2773fdb3729c55b007a722abb5384da03bc0986df4c289bf5567e96"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "x25519-dalek"
-version = "1.1.1"
+version = "2.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5a0c105152107e3b96f6a00a65e86ce82d9b125230e1c4302940eca58ff71f4f"
+checksum = "c7e468321c81fb07fa7f4c636c3972b9100f0346e5b6a9f2bd0603a52f7ed277"
 dependencies = [
- "curve25519-dalek",
- "rand_core 0.5.1",
+ "curve25519-dalek 4.1.2",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "serde",
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2a0956f1ba7c7909bfb66c2e9e4124ab6f6482560f6628b5aaeba39207c9aad9"
+checksum = "525b4ec142c6b68a2d10f01f7bbf6755599ca3f81ea53b8431b7dd348f5fdb2d"
 dependencies = [
  "zeroize_derive",
 ]
@@ -2312,5 +2382,5 @@ checksum = "ce36e65b0d2999d2aafac989fb249189a141aee1f53c612c1f37d72631959f69"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.49",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
 ]
diff --git a/contracts/coconut-test/Cargo.toml b/contracts/coconut-test/Cargo.toml
index 22475dda1f..8b174175df 100644
--- a/contracts/coconut-test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/coconut-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ cw-multi-test = { workspace = true }
 cw3-flex-multisig = { path = "../multisig/cw3-flex-multisig" }
 cw4-group = { path = "../multisig/cw4-group" }
 
-rand_chacha = "0.2"
+rand_chacha = "0.3"
 
 [[test]]
 name = "coconut-test"
diff --git a/contracts/mixnet-vesting-integration-tests/Cargo.toml b/contracts/mixnet-vesting-integration-tests/Cargo.toml
index 24d2ddd1ab..a60f433758 100644
--- a/contracts/mixnet-vesting-integration-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/mixnet-vesting-integration-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ nym-vesting-contract = { path = "../vesting" }
 nym-crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto", features = ["asymmetric", "rand"] }
 
 # external dependencies
-rand_chacha = "0.2"
+rand_chacha = "0.3"
 
 [[test]]
 name = "mixnet-vesting-test"
diff --git a/contracts/mixnet/Cargo.toml b/contracts/mixnet/Cargo.toml
index 9f2ba07124..2b854def9f 100644
--- a/contracts/mixnet/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/mixnet/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ time = { version = "0.3", features = ["macros"] }
 semver = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand_chacha = "0.2"
+rand_chacha = "0.3"
 nym-crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto", features = ["asymmetric", "rand"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
diff --git a/contracts/name-service/Cargo.toml b/contracts/name-service/Cargo.toml
index c1bf210637..e3ec82c685 100644
--- a/contracts/name-service/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/name-service/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ cw-multi-test = { workspace = true }
 nym-crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto", features = ["asymmetric", "rand"] }
 nym-sphinx-addressing = { path = "../../common/nymsphinx/addressing" }
 rand = "0.8.5"
-rand_chacha = "0.2"
+rand_chacha = "0.3"
 rstest = "0.17.0"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/contracts/service-provider-directory/Cargo.toml b/contracts/service-provider-directory/Cargo.toml
index e4a75c50f0..570b50e8aa 100644
--- a/contracts/service-provider-directory/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/service-provider-directory/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ vergen = { version = "=7.4.3", default-features = false, features = ["build", "g
 anyhow = "1.0.40"
 cw-multi-test = { workspace = true }
 nym-crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto", features = ["asymmetric", "rand"] }
-rand_chacha = "0.2"
+rand_chacha = "0.3"
 rstest = "0.17.0"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/gateway/Cargo.toml b/gateway/Cargo.toml
index 76b425b190..e6672dd1d5 100644
--- a/gateway/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gateway/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ humantime-serde = { workspace = true }
 ipnetwork = "0.16"
 log = { workspace = true }
 once_cell = "1.7.2"
-rand = "0.7"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 sqlx = { workspace = true, features = [
diff --git a/gateway/gateway-requests/Cargo.toml b/gateway/gateway-requests/Cargo.toml
index 770ce79cd4..9802a6c590 100644
--- a/gateway/gateway-requests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gateway/gateway-requests/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ bs58 = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 generic-array = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 log = { workspace = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/gateway/gateway-requests/src/registration/handshake/shared_key.rs b/gateway/gateway-requests/src/registration/handshake/shared_key.rs
index 4d4dce6e7f..64975fe4cd 100644
--- a/gateway/gateway-requests/src/registration/handshake/shared_key.rs
+++ b/gateway/gateway-requests/src/registration/handshake/shared_key.rs
@@ -82,8 +82,10 @@ impl SharedKeys {
                 )
             }
         };
-        let mac =
-            compute_keyed_hmac::<GatewayIntegrityHmacAlgorithm>(self.mac_key(), &encrypted_data);
+        let mac = compute_keyed_hmac::<GatewayIntegrityHmacAlgorithm>(
+            self.mac_key().as_slice(),
+            &encrypted_data,
+        );
 
         mac.into_bytes().into_iter().chain(encrypted_data).collect()
     }
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ impl SharedKeys {
         let message_bytes = &enc_data[mac_size..];
 
         if !recompute_keyed_hmac_and_verify_tag::<GatewayIntegrityHmacAlgorithm>(
-            self.mac_key(),
+            self.mac_key().as_slice(),
             message_bytes,
             mac_tag,
         ) {
diff --git a/gateway/gateway-requests/src/types.rs b/gateway/gateway-requests/src/types.rs
index 1da37fd0ab..6c564d4ae8 100644
--- a/gateway/gateway-requests/src/types.rs
+++ b/gateway/gateway-requests/src/types.rs
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ impl BinaryResponse {
         let message_bytes = &raw_req[mac_size..];
 
         if !recompute_keyed_hmac_and_verify_tag::<GatewayIntegrityHmacAlgorithm>(
-            shared_keys.mac_key(),
+            shared_keys.mac_key().as_slice(),
             message_bytes,
             mac_tag,
         ) {
diff --git a/mixnode/Cargo.toml b/mixnode/Cargo.toml
index b64bb9bfc7..e0ae3bec5c 100644
--- a/mixnode/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mixnode/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ futures = { workspace = true }
 humantime-serde = { workspace = true }
 lazy_static = "1.4"
 log = { workspace = true }
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 sysinfo = "0.27.7"
diff --git a/mixnode/src/node/packet_delayforwarder.rs b/mixnode/src/node/packet_delayforwarder.rs
index 2aa85d714c..58212c8c70 100644
--- a/mixnode/src/node/packet_delayforwarder.rs
+++ b/mixnode/src/node/packet_delayforwarder.rs
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ mod tests {
     use nym_sphinx_params::packet_sizes::PacketSize;
     use nym_sphinx_params::PacketType;
     use nym_sphinx_types::{
-        crypto, Delay as SphinxDelay, Destination, DestinationAddressBytes, Node, NodeAddressBytes,
-        DESTINATION_ADDRESS_LENGTH, IDENTIFIER_LENGTH, NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH,
+        test_utils, Delay as SphinxDelay, Destination, DestinationAddressBytes, Node,
+        NodeAddressBytes, DESTINATION_ADDRESS_LENGTH, IDENTIFIER_LENGTH, NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH,
     };
 
     #[derive(Default)]
@@ -166,17 +166,17 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     fn make_valid_sphinx_packet(size: PacketSize) -> NymPacket {
-        let (_, node1_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node1_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node1 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([5u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node1_pk,
         );
-        let (_, node2_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node2_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node2 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([4u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node2_pk,
         );
-        let (_, node3_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node3_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node3 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([2u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node3_pk,
@@ -197,23 +197,23 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     fn make_valid_outfox_packet(size: PacketSize) -> NymPacket {
-        let (_, node1_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node1_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node1 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([5u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node1_pk,
         );
-        let (_, node2_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node2_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node2 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([4u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node2_pk,
         );
-        let (_, node3_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node3_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node3 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([2u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node3_pk,
         );
 
-        let (_, node4_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node4_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node4 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([2u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node4_pk,
diff --git a/nym-api/Cargo.toml b/nym-api/Cargo.toml
index 4ab459165c..f9fa59e3cc 100644
--- a/nym-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ humantime-serde = { workspace = true }
 k256 = { version = "*", features = ["ecdsa-core"] } # needed for the Verifier trait; pull whatever version is used by other dependencies
 log = { workspace = true }
 pin-project = "1.0"
-rand = "0.8.5"
-rand-07 = { package = "rand", version = "0.7.3" } # required for compatibility
+rand = { workspace = true }
 reqwest = { workspace = true, features = ["json"] }
 rocket = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["json"] }
 rocket_cors = { version = "0.6.0" }
@@ -125,6 +124,5 @@ tempfile = "3.3.0"
 cw3 = { workspace = true }
 cw-utils = { workspace = true }
 rand_chacha = "0.3"
-rand_chacha_02 = { package = "rand_chacha", version = "0.2" }
 sha2 = "0.9"
 
diff --git a/nym-api/src/coconut/tests/fixtures.rs b/nym-api/src/coconut/tests/fixtures.rs
index 36e416df19..a23b77e034 100644
--- a/nym-api/src/coconut/tests/fixtures.rs
+++ b/nym-api/src/coconut/tests/fixtures.rs
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ pub fn test_rng(seed: [u8; 32]) -> ChaCha20Rng {
     ChaCha20Rng::from_seed(seed)
 }
 
-pub fn test_rng_07(seed: [u8; 32]) -> rand_chacha_02::ChaCha20Rng {
-    use rand_chacha_02::rand_core::SeedableRng;
-    rand_chacha_02::ChaCha20Rng::from_seed(seed)
-}
-
 pub fn pseudorandom_account(rng: &mut ChaCha20Rng) -> AccountId {
     let mut dummy_account_key_hash = [0u8; 32];
     rng.fill_bytes(&mut dummy_account_key_hash);
@@ -48,7 +43,7 @@ pub fn dealer_fixture(mut rng: &mut ChaCha20Rng, id: NodeIndex) -> DealerDetails
     rng.fill_bytes(&mut secondary_seed);
 
     let addr = pseudorandom_account(rng);
-    let identity_keypair = identity::KeyPair::new(&mut test_rng_07(secondary_seed));
+    let identity_keypair = identity::KeyPair::new(&mut test_rng(secondary_seed));
     let bte_public_key_with_proof = bs58::encode(&keypair.public_key().to_bytes()).into_string();
 
     let port = 8080 + id;
@@ -156,7 +151,7 @@ impl TestingDkgControllerBuilder {
             let mut secondary_seed = [0u8; 32];
             rng.fill_bytes(&mut secondary_seed);
 
-            let identity_keypair = identity::KeyPair::new(&mut test_rng_07(secondary_seed));
+            let identity_keypair = identity::KeyPair::new(&mut test_rng(secondary_seed));
 
             DealerDetails {
                 address: Addr::unchecked(address.as_ref()),
diff --git a/nym-api/src/coconut/tests/mod.rs b/nym-api/src/coconut/tests/mod.rs
index 02c430d4c2..bd29db0412 100644
--- a/nym-api/src/coconut/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-api/src/coconut/tests/mod.rs
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ use nym_validator_client::nyxd::Coin;
 use nym_validator_client::nyxd::{
     AccountId, Algorithm, Event, EventAttribute, ExecTxResult, Fee, Hash, TxResponse,
 };
-use rand_07::rngs::OsRng;
-use rand_07::RngCore;
+use rand::rngs::OsRng;
+use rand::RngCore;
 use rocket::http::Status;
 use rocket::local::asynchronous::Client;
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap};
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ struct TestFixture {
 
 impl TestFixture {
     async fn new() -> Self {
-        let mut rng = crate::coconut::tests::fixtures::test_rng_07([69u8; 32]);
+        let mut rng = crate::coconut::tests::fixtures::test_rng([69u8; 32]);
         let params = Parameters::new(4).unwrap();
         let coconut_keypair = nym_coconut::ttp_keygen(&params, 1, 1).unwrap().remove(0);
         let identity = identity::KeyPair::new(&mut rng);
diff --git a/nym-api/src/network_monitor/chunker.rs b/nym-api/src/network_monitor/chunker.rs
index ec91577866..a45a551502 100644
--- a/nym-api/src/network_monitor/chunker.rs
+++ b/nym-api/src/network_monitor/chunker.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use nym_sphinx::{
     acknowledgements::AckKey, addressing::clients::Recipient, preparer::MessagePreparer,
 };
 use nym_topology::NymTopology;
-use rand_07::rngs::OsRng;
+use rand::rngs::OsRng;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 const DEFAULT_AVERAGE_PACKET_DELAY: Duration = Duration::from_millis(200);
diff --git a/nym-api/src/network_monitor/mod.rs b/nym-api/src/network_monitor/mod.rs
index 29298be436..cc308a627f 100644
--- a/nym-api/src/network_monitor/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-api/src/network_monitor/mod.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ impl<'a> NetworkMonitorBuilder<'a> {
         // TODO: those keys change constant throughout the whole execution of the monitor.
         // and on top of that, they are used with ALL the gateways -> presumably this should change
         // in the future
-        let mut rng = rand_07::rngs::OsRng;
+        let mut rng = rand::rngs::OsRng;
 
         let identity_keypair = Arc::new(identity::KeyPair::new(&mut rng));
         let encryption_keypair = Arc::new(encryption::KeyPair::new(&mut rng));
diff --git a/nym-api/src/network_monitor/monitor/preparer.rs b/nym-api/src/network_monitor/monitor/preparer.rs
index 4e9cfda0fd..73a11b4d60 100644
--- a/nym-api/src/network_monitor/monitor/preparer.rs
+++ b/nym-api/src/network_monitor/monitor/preparer.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use nym_sphinx::forwarding::packet::MixPacket;
 use nym_sphinx::params::{PacketSize, PacketType};
 use nym_topology::{gateway, mix};
-use rand_07::{rngs::ThreadRng, seq::SliceRandom, thread_rng, Rng};
+use rand::{rngs::ThreadRng, seq::SliceRandom, thread_rng, Rng};
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 
 use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
diff --git a/nym-api/src/support/config/helpers.rs b/nym-api/src/support/config/helpers.rs
index a124a8e4dd..9f965e7815 100644
--- a/nym-api/src/support/config/helpers.rs
+++ b/nym-api/src/support/config/helpers.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use crate::support::config::{
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use rand::rngs::OsRng;
-use rand_07::rngs::OsRng as OsRng07;
 use std::{fs, io};
 
 // TODO: once we upgrade ed25519 library, we could use the same rand library and use proper
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ fn init_identity_keys(config: &config::NymApiPaths) -> Result<()> {
         &config.public_identity_key_file,
     );
 
-    let mut rng = OsRng07;
+    let mut rng = OsRng;
     let keypair = identity::KeyPair::new(&mut rng);
     nym_pemstore::store_keypair(&keypair, &keypaths)
         .context("failed to store identity keys of the nym api")?;
diff --git a/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 49240be6c2..653c98841c 100644
--- a/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,15 +30,24 @@ itertools = "0.10.5"
 log = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4.0"
 rand = "0.8"
-rand-07 = { package = "rand", version = "0.7.3" }
-reqwest = { version = "0.12.4", features = ["json", "socks"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.11.22", features = ["json", "socks"] }
 rust-embed = { version = "6.4.2", features = ["include-exclude"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde_repr = "0.1"
 tap = "1.0.1"
 # 07.07.23: JS: I changed the version from ^1.2.2 to fix up indirect import of web-sys
-tauri = { version = "1.4.1", features = ["clipboard-write-text", "macos-private-api", "notification-all", "shell-open", "system-tray", "updater", "window-close", "window-minimize", "window-start-dragging"] }
+tauri = { version = "1.4.1", features = [
+    "clipboard-write-text",
+    "macos-private-api",
+    "notification-all",
+    "shell-open",
+    "system-tray",
+    "updater",
+    "window-close",
+    "window-minimize",
+    "window-start-dragging",
+] }
 #tendermint-rpc = "0.23.0"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 time = { version = "0.3.17", features = ["local-offset"] }
diff --git a/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/config/mod.rs b/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/config/mod.rs
index 79b70f814b..adc00b48cd 100644
--- a/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use nym_config::{
 };
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use nym_socks5_client_core::config::Config as Socks5CoreConfig;
-use rand_07::rngs::OsRng;
+use rand::rngs::OsRng;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::{fs, io};
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ pub async fn init_socks5_config(provider_address: String, chosen_gateway_id: Str
     let gateway_setup = if !already_init {
         let selection_spec =
             GatewaySelectionSpecification::new(Some(chosen_gateway_id), None, false);
-        let mut rng = rand_07::thread_rng();
+        let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
         let available_gateways =
             current_gateways(&mut rng, &config.core.base.client.nym_api_urls).await?;
         GatewaySetup::New {
diff --git a/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/operations/directory/gateways.rs b/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/operations/directory/gateways.rs
index fca43e8fff..b868054b66 100644
--- a/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/operations/directory/gateways.rs
+++ b/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/operations/directory/gateways.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ async fn select_gateway_by_latency(gateways: Vec<GatewayBondAnnotated>) -> Resul
         .filter_map(|g| g.gateway_bond.try_into().ok())
         .collect();
 
-    let mut rng = rand_07::rngs::OsRng;
+    let mut rng = rand::rngs::OsRng;
     let selected_gateway = nym_client_core::init::helpers::choose_gateway_by_latency(
         &mut rng,
         &gateways_as_nodes,
diff --git a/nym-node/Cargo.toml b/nym-node/Cargo.toml
index 5aec940189..10fe8f4ecc 100644
--- a/nym-node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-node/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ colored = "2"
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["cargo", "env"] }
 humantime-serde = { workspace = true }
 ipnetwork = "0.16.0"
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
diff --git a/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/Cargo.toml b/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/Cargo.toml
index ab15236224..c2092d66be 100644
--- a/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ utoipa-swagger-ui = { workspace = true, features = ["axum"] }
 
 colored = "2"
 ipnetwork = "0.16"
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 
 # Wireguard:
 fastrand = "2"
diff --git a/nym-node/nym-node-requests/Cargo.toml b/nym-node/nym-node-requests/Cargo.toml
index 1708e12293..100f048efd 100644
--- a/nym-node/nym-node-requests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-node/nym-node-requests/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ nym-bin-common = { path = "../../common/bin-common", features = ["bin_info_schem
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
-rand_chacha = "0.2"
+rand_chacha = "0.3"
 nym-crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto", features = ["rand"] }
 
 
diff --git a/nym-wallet/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/nym-wallet/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 93cc7eeb4d..54b9533bfc 100644
--- a/nym-wallet/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-wallet/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ nym-store-cipher = { path = "../../common/store-cipher", features = ["json"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 nym-crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto", features = ["rand"] }
-rand_chacha = "0.2"
+rand_chacha = "0.3"
 tempfile = "3.3.0"
 ts-rs = "7.0.0"
 
diff --git a/nym-wallet/src-tauri/src/error.rs b/nym-wallet/src-tauri/src/error.rs
index 7f542d257c..1ed617dc4b 100644
--- a/nym-wallet/src-tauri/src/error.rs
+++ b/nym-wallet/src-tauri/src/error.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use nym_contracts_common::signing::SigningAlgorithm;
-use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity::Ed25519RecoveryError;
 use nym_types::error::TypesError;
 use nym_validator_client::nym_api::error::NymAPIError;
@@ -150,9 +149,6 @@ pub enum BackendError {
     #[error(transparent)]
     Ed25519Recovery(#[from] Ed25519RecoveryError),
 
-    #[error("failed to verify ed25519 signature: {0}")]
-    Ed25519SignatureError(#[from] identity::SignatureError),
-
     #[error("This command ({name}) has been removed. Please try to use {alternative} instead.")]
     RemovedCommand { name: String, alternative: String },
 }
diff --git a/sdk/lib/socks5-listener/Cargo.toml b/sdk/lib/socks5-listener/Cargo.toml
index 425154a5cb..7ce9bcdf3b 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/socks5-listener/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sdk/lib/socks5-listener/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ nym-socks5-client-core = { path = "../../../common/socks5-client-core", default-
 serde = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["sync", "time"] }
 log = "0.4.17"
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 
 safer-ffi = { version = "0.1.4" }
 
diff --git a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml
index 13b987e9aa..064f8f0143 100644
--- a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ http = "0.2.9"
 
 futures = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3" }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 tap = "1.0.1"
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml b/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml
index 7c44692652..925f5d7573 100644
--- a/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml
+++ b/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ipnetwork = "0.20.0"
 log = { workspace = true }
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4.0"
 publicsuffix = "2.2.3"
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 regex = "1.8.4"
 reqwest = { workspace = true, features = ["json"] }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/wasm/client/Cargo.toml b/wasm/client/Cargo.toml
index 2232c88877..eea8ccb0b6 100644
--- a/wasm/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wasm/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 futures = { workspace = true }
 js-sys = { workspace = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde-wasm-bindgen = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/wasm/mix-fetch/Cargo.toml b/wasm/mix-fetch/Cargo.toml
index 373b6d423f..fd187f04e1 100644
--- a/wasm/mix-fetch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wasm/mix-fetch/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 js-sys = { workspace = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde-wasm-bindgen = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["sync"] }
diff --git a/wasm/node-tester/Cargo.toml b/wasm/node-tester/Cargo.toml
index fd295cd0e3..b2330c04ae 100644
--- a/wasm/node-tester/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wasm/node-tester/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 [dependencies]
 futures = { workspace = true }
 js-sys = { workspace = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde-wasm-bindgen = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["sync"] }