diff --git a/common/authenticator-requests/Cargo.toml b/common/authenticator-requests/Cargo.toml
index 03fbf4f34f..dfe51ae0d2 100644
--- a/common/authenticator-requests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/authenticator-requests/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ license.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 bincode = { workspace = true }
-rand = "0.8.5"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 
 nym-sphinx = { path = "../nymsphinx" }
diff --git a/common/ip-packet-requests/Cargo.toml b/common/ip-packet-requests/Cargo.toml
index 6a7eb57ae0..60581a4278 100644
--- a/common/ip-packet-requests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/ip-packet-requests/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ bytes = { workspace = true }
 nym-bin-common = { path = "../bin-common" }
 nym-crypto = { path = "../crypto" }
 nym-sphinx = { path = "../nymsphinx" }
-rand = "0.8.5"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 time = { workspace = true }