diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ea383138..5aad9056 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ kzg_multi_open = { package = "crate_crypto_kzg_multi_open_fk20", version = "0.5.
 c_eth_kzg = { version = "0.5.4", path = "bindings/c" }
 hex = "0.4.3"
 rayon = "1.10.0"
+rand = "0.9.1"
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = true
diff --git a/cryptography/bls12_381/Cargo.toml b/cryptography/bls12_381/Cargo.toml
index 1dad77eb..c5f5333a 100644
--- a/cryptography/bls12_381/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cryptography/bls12_381/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ subtle = { version = ">=2.5.0, <3.0" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.5.1"
-rand = "0.8.4"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
 blst-no-threads = ["blst/no-threads"]
diff --git a/cryptography/erasure_codes/Cargo.toml b/cryptography/erasure_codes/Cargo.toml
index 7c84c713..be1f1e43 100644
--- a/cryptography/erasure_codes/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cryptography/erasure_codes/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ polynomial = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.5.1"
-rand = "0.8.4"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "benchmark"
diff --git a/cryptography/kzg_multi_open/Cargo.toml b/cryptography/kzg_multi_open/Cargo.toml
index 6eb224f6..f0fd7eda 100644
--- a/cryptography/kzg_multi_open/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cryptography/kzg_multi_open/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ sha2 = "0.10.8"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.5.1"
-rand = "0.8.4"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
 singlethreaded = ["bls12_381/blst-no-threads"]
diff --git a/cryptography/polynomial/Cargo.toml b/cryptography/polynomial/Cargo.toml
index 9ff9b77b..d5556ae0 100644
--- a/cryptography/polynomial/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cryptography/polynomial/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ bls12_381 = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.5.1"
-rand = "0.8.4"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "benchmark"
diff --git a/eip7594/Cargo.toml b/eip7594/Cargo.toml
index ed59f9f8..da97c7d1 100644
--- a/eip7594/Cargo.toml
+++ b/eip7594/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ multithreaded = ["rayon", "kzg_multi_open/multithreaded"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.5.1"
-rand = "0.8.4"
-hex = "0.4.3"
+rand = { workspace = true }
+hex = { workspace = true }
 # Serde-yaml has been deprecated, however since we only
 # use it for tests, we will not update it.
 serde_yaml = "0.9.34"