diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 41178ac..0b7f929 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1154,9 +1154,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
-version = "0.9.2"
+version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6db2770f06117d490610c7488547d543617b21bfa07796d7a12f6f1bd53850d1"
+checksum = "44c5af06bb1b7d3216d91932aed5265164bf384dc89cd6ba05cf59a35f5f76ea"
 dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.9.3",
 ]
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "admin-sep",
  "assert_matches",
  "hello_world",
- "rand 0.9.2",
+ "rand 0.9.4",
  "semver",
  "soroban-sdk",
  "soroban-sdk-tools",
diff --git a/contracts/registry/Cargo.toml b/contracts/registry/Cargo.toml
index d02697a..457980e 100644
--- a/contracts/registry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/registry/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stellar-registry = { workspace = true }
 assert_matches = "1.5.0"
 stellar-xdr = { workspace = true }
 hello_world = { path = "../test/hello_world" }
-rand = { version = "0.9.2", default-features = false, features = [
+rand = { version = "0.9.4", default-features = false, features = [
     "small_rng",
     "os_rng",
 ] }