diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index addb836..0bfd054 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ travis-ci = { repository = "dalek-cryptography/curve25519-dalek", branch = "mast
 sha2 = { version = "0.9", default-features = false }
 bincode = "1"
 criterion = "0.3.0"
-rand = "0.7"
+rand = "0.8"
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "dalek_benchmarks"