diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bad2fe024..f9b5eba5d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "linux-loader",
  "log 0.4.13",
- "rand 0.8.1",
+ "rand 0.8.2",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log 0.4.13",
  "net_gen",
  "pnet",
- "rand 0.8.1",
+ "rand 0.8.2",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "virtio-bindings",
@@ -893,9 +893,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
-version = "0.8.1"
+version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c24fcd450d3fa2b592732565aa4f17a27a61c65ece4726353e000939b0edee34"
+checksum = "18519b42a40024d661e1714153e9ad0c3de27cd495760ceb09710920f1098b1e"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "rand_chacha",
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ checksum = "dac1c663cfc93810f88aed9b8941d48cabf856a1b111c29a40439018d870eb22"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
  "libc",
- "rand 0.8.1",
+ "rand 0.8.2",
  "redox_syscall 0.2.4",
  "remove_dir_all",
  "winapi 0.3.9",
diff --git a/arch/Cargo.toml b/arch/Cargo.toml
index 41f166d6c..5c3d039c4 100644
--- a/arch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/arch/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ git = "https://github.com/rust-vmm/linux-loader"
 features = ["elf", "bzimage"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand = "0.8.1"
+rand = "0.8.2"
diff --git a/net_util/Cargo.toml b/net_util/Cargo.toml
index 9ae975fda..f06d7b357 100644
--- a/net_util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/net_util/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ epoll = ">=4.0.1"
 libc = "0.2.82"
 log = "0.4.13"
 net_gen = { path = "../net_gen" }
-rand = "0.8.1"
+rand = "0.8.2"
 serde = "1.0.118"
 virtio-bindings = "0.1.0"
 vm-memory = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }