diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2fd1477..4da840d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e89da841a80418a9b391ebaea17f5c112ffaaa96f621d2c285b5174da76b9011"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
- "zerocopy",
+ "zerocopy 0.7.35",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b62ddb9cb1ec0a098ad4bbf9344d0713fa193ae1a80af55febcff2627b6a00c1"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
  "instant",
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -637,7 +637,19 @@ checksum = "c4567c8db10ae91089c99af84c68c38da3ec2f087c3f82960bcdbf3656b6f4d7"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
- "wasi",
+ "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "getrandom"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "43a49c392881ce6d5c3b8cb70f98717b7c07aabbdff06687b9030dbfbe2725f8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "wasi 0.13.3+wasi-0.2.2",
+ "windows-targets",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1275,7 +1287,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "kube",
  "log",
  "mktemp",
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.9.0",
  "reqwest",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
@@ -1300,7 +1312,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2886843bf800fba2e3377cff24abf6379b4c4d5c6681eaf9ea5b0d15090450bd"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "wasi",
+ "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
@@ -1541,7 +1553,7 @@ version = "0.2.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "77957b295656769bb8ad2b6a6b09d897d94f05c41b069aede1fcdaa675eaea04"
 dependencies = [
- "zerocopy",
+ "zerocopy 0.7.35",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1569,8 +1581,19 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "rand_chacha",
- "rand_core",
+ "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3779b94aeb87e8bd4e834cee3650289ee9e0d5677f976ecdb6d219e5f4f6cd94"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
+ "rand_core 0.9.0",
+ "zerocopy 0.8.14",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1580,7 +1603,17 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
 dependencies = [
  "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_chacha"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d3022b5f1df60f26e1ffddd6c66e8aa15de382ae63b3a0c1bfc0e4d3e3f325cb"
+dependencies = [
+ "ppv-lite86",
+ "rand_core 0.9.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1589,7 +1622,17 @@ version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_core"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b08f3c9802962f7e1b25113931d94f43ed9725bebc59db9d0c3e9a23b67e15ff"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.3.1",
+ "zerocopy 0.8.14",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1682,7 +1725,7 @@ checksum = "c17fa4cb658e3583423e915b9f3acc01cceaee1860e33d59ebae66adc3a2dc0d"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "cfg-if",
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
  "libc",
  "spin",
  "untrusted",
@@ -2356,7 +2399,7 @@ version = "1.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "79daa5ed5740825c40b389c5e50312b9c86df53fccd33f281df655642b43869d"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2386,6 +2429,15 @@ version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasi"
+version = "0.13.3+wasi-0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "26816d2e1a4a36a2940b96c5296ce403917633dff8f3440e9b236ed6f6bacad2"
+dependencies = [
+ "wit-bindgen-rt",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen"
 version = "0.2.99"
@@ -2575,6 +2627,15 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "589f6da84c646204747d1270a2a5661ea66ed1cced2631d546fdfb155959f9ec"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wit-bindgen-rt"
+version = "0.33.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3268f3d866458b787f390cf61f4bbb563b922d091359f9608842999eaee3943c"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "write16"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -2618,7 +2679,16 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1b9b4fd18abc82b8136838da5d50bae7bdea537c574d8dc1a34ed098d6c166f0"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
- "zerocopy-derive",
+ "zerocopy-derive 0.7.35",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.8.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a367f292d93d4eab890745e75a778da40909cab4d6ff8173693812f79c4a2468"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive 0.8.14",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2632,6 +2702,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.8.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d3931cb58c62c13adec22e38686b559c86a30565e16ad6e8510a337cedc611e1"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zerofrom"
 version = "0.1.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cb9ccf3..1c93678 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ kube = { version = "0.97.0", features = ["runtime", "derive"] }
 k8s-openapi = { version = "0.23.0", features = ["v1_31"] }
 futures = "0.3.30"
 thiserror = "2.0.7"
-rand = "0.8.5"
+rand = "0.9.0"
 mktemp = "0.5.1"
 reqwest = "0.12.3"
diff --git a/src/minio_test_server.rs b/src/minio_test_server.rs
index cb19ca4..5d477c3 100644
--- a/src/minio_test_server.rs
+++ b/src/minio_test_server.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ impl MinioTestServer {
 
         let root_user = rand_str(30);
         let root_password = rand_str(30);
-        let api_port = (2000 + rand::thread_rng().next_u64() % 5000) as u16;
+        let api_port = (2000 + rand::rng().next_u64() % 5000) as u16;
         log::info!(
             "Spwan a new Minio server on port {} with root credentials {}:{}",
             api_port,
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index f2e11fd..d485ce5 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
-use rand::distributions::Alphanumeric;
-use rand::Rng;
+use rand::distr::{Alphanumeric, SampleString};
 
 /// Generate a random string of a given size
 pub fn rand_str(len: usize) -> String {
-    rand::thread_rng()
-        .sample_iter(&Alphanumeric)
-        .take(len)
-        .map(char::from)
-        .collect()
+    Alphanumeric.sample_string(&mut rand::rng(), len)
 }