diff --git a/virtweb_backend/Cargo.lock b/virtweb_backend/Cargo.lock
index 1c44119..1196ff6 100644
--- a/virtweb_backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/virtweb_backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mime",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "sha1",
  "smallvec",
  "tokio",
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "memchr",
  "mime",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_plain",
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
  "anyhow",
  "derive_more 1.0.0",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tracing",
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.2.15",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
- "zerocopy 0.7.35",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "elliptic-curve",
  "jsonwebtoken",
  "p384",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "serde",
 ]
 
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hkdf",
  "hmac",
  "percent-encoding",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "sha2",
  "subtle",
  "time",
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0dc92fb57ca44df6db8059111ab3af99a63d5d0f8375d9972e319a379c6bab76"
 dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1bfb12502f3fc46cca1bb51ac28df9d618d813cdc3d2f25b9fe775a34af26bb3"
 dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "typenum",
 ]
 
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hkdf",
  "pem-rfc7468",
  "pkcs8",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "sec1",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@ version = "0.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ded41244b729663b1e574f1b4fb731469f69f79c17667b5d776b16cda0479449"
 dependencies = [
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "subtle",
 ]
 
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f0f9ef7462f7c099f518d754361858f86d8a07af53ba9af0fe635bbccb151a63"
 dependencies = [
  "ff",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "subtle",
 ]
 
@@ -2010,7 +2010,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bincode",
  "log",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -2494,7 +2494,7 @@ version = "0.2.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "77957b295656769bb8ad2b6a6b09d897d94f05c41b069aede1fcdaa675eaea04"
 dependencies = [
- "zerocopy 0.7.35",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2575,19 +2575,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "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 0.8.15",
+ "rand_chacha",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2597,17 +2586,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
 dependencies = [
  "ppv-lite86",
- "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",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2619,16 +2598,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "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 0.8.15",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rav1e"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -2655,8 +2624,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "paste",
  "profiling",
- "rand 0.8.5",
- "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
+ "rand",
+ "rand_chacha",
  "simd_helpers",
  "system-deps",
  "thiserror 1.0.67",
@@ -3100,7 +3069,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "77549399552de45a898a580c1b41d445bf730df867cc44e6c0233bbc4b8329de"
 dependencies = [
  "digest",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3596,11 +3565,11 @@ checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.12.1"
+version = "1.13.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b3758f5e68192bb96cc8f9b7e2c2cfdabb435499a28499a42f8f984092adad4b"
+checksum = "ced87ca4be083373936a67f8de945faa23b6b42384bd5b64434850802c6dccd0"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.15",
+ "getrandom 0.3.1",
  "serde",
 ]
 
@@ -3698,7 +3667,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nix",
  "num",
  "quick-xml",
- "rand 0.9.0",
+ "rand",
  "reqwest",
  "rust-embed",
  "serde",
@@ -4099,16 +4068,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1b9b4fd18abc82b8136838da5d50bae7bdea537c574d8dc1a34ed098d6c166f0"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
- "zerocopy-derive 0.7.35",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zerocopy"
-version = "0.8.15"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a1e101d4bc320b6f9abb68846837b70e25e380ca2f467ab494bf29fcc435fcc3"
-dependencies = [
- "zerocopy-derive 0.8.15",
+ "zerocopy-derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4122,17 +4082,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "zerocopy-derive"
-version = "0.8.15"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "03a73df1008145cd135b3c780d275c57c3e6ba8324a41bd5e0008fe167c3bc7c"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "zerofrom"
 version = "0.1.4"
diff --git a/virtweb_backend/Cargo.toml b/virtweb_backend/Cargo.toml
index 99c2c5b..e51b293 100644
--- a/virtweb_backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/virtweb_backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ uuid = { version = "1.11.0", features = ["v4", "serde"] }
 lazy-regex = "3.3.0"
 thiserror = "2.0.0"
 image = "0.25.4"
-rand = "0.9.0"
+rand = "0.8.5"
 bytes = "1.8.0"
 tokio = "1.41.1"
 futures = "0.3.31"