diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 83fea93..97b07d1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ ark-serialize = { version = "0.6.0", optional = true }
 ark-std = { version = "0.6.0", optional = true }
 memmap2 = "0.9.5"
 nohash-hasher = "0.2.0"
-rand_core = { version = "0.6", default-features = false }
+rand_core = { version = "0.10", default-features = false }
 rayon = { version = "1.10", optional = true }
 spongefish = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["ark-ff"], optional = true }
 zerocopy = { version = "0.8", features = ["derive"] }