diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5bdaf61196..7e0f5c0f90 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3702,8 +3702,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "print-positions",
  "procfs",
  "quick-xml 0.37.1",
- "rand 0.8.5",
- "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
+ "rand 0.9.0",
+ "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
  "rayon",
  "rmp",
  "roxmltree",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3d11084007..0200139699 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ quick-xml = "0.37.0"
 quickcheck = "1.0"
 quickcheck_macros = "1.0"
 quote = "1.0"
-rand = "0.8"
+rand = "0.9"
 getrandom = "0.2" # pick same version that rand requires
-rand_chacha = "0.3.1"
+rand_chacha = "0.9"
 ratatui = "0.29"
 rayon = "1.10"
 reedline = "0.39.0"
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/filters/shuffle.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/filters/shuffle.rs
index 35e64f8ce7..0193f2e2f3 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/filters/shuffle.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/filters/shuffle.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use nu_engine::command_prelude::*;
-use rand::{prelude::SliceRandom, thread_rng};
+use rand::{prelude::SliceRandom, rng};
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Shuffle;
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ impl Command for Shuffle {
     ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
         let metadata = input.metadata();
         let mut values = input.into_iter_strict(call.head)?.collect::<Vec<_>>();
-        values.shuffle(&mut thread_rng());
+        values.shuffle(&mut rng());
         let iter = values.into_iter();
         Ok(iter.into_pipeline_data_with_metadata(
             call.head,
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/random/bool.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/random/bool.rs
index 51870a7836..f2f07c8c5a 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/random/bool.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/random/bool.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use nu_engine::command_prelude::*;
-
-use rand::prelude::{thread_rng, Rng};
+use rand::random_bool;
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct RandomBool;
@@ -77,8 +76,7 @@ fn bool(
         }
     }
 
-    let mut rng = thread_rng();
-    let bool_result: bool = rng.gen_bool(probability);
+    let bool_result: bool = random_bool(probability);
 
     Ok(PipelineData::Value(Value::bool(bool_result, span), None))
 }
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/random/byte_stream.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/random/byte_stream.rs
index baff8fbc6c..26d2482e6a 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/random/byte_stream.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/random/byte_stream.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use nu_engine::command_prelude::*;
 use nu_protocol::Signals;
 use rand::{
-    distributions::{Alphanumeric, Standard},
-    thread_rng, Rng,
+    distr::{Alphanumeric, StandardUniform},
+    rng, Rng,
 };
 
 pub(super) enum RandomDistribution {
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ pub(super) fn random_byte_stream(
 
             let bytes_to_write = std::cmp::min(remaining_bytes, OUTPUT_CHUNK_SIZE);
 
-            let rng = thread_rng();
+            let rng = rng();
             let byte_iter: Box<dyn Iterator<Item = u8>> = match distribution {
-                RandomDistribution::Binary => Box::new(rng.sample_iter(Standard)),
+                RandomDistribution::Binary => Box::new(rng.sample_iter(StandardUniform)),
                 RandomDistribution::Alphanumeric => Box::new(rng.sample_iter(Alphanumeric)),
             };
             out.extend(byte_iter.take(bytes_to_write));
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/random/dice.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/random/dice.rs
index c9720e49bb..d195e10f6f 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/random/dice.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/random/dice.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use nu_engine::command_prelude::*;
 use nu_protocol::ListStream;
-use rand::prelude::{thread_rng, Rng};
+use rand::random_range;
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct RandomDice;
@@ -73,10 +73,7 @@ fn dice(
     let dice: usize = call.get_flag(engine_state, stack, "dice")?.unwrap_or(1);
     let sides: usize = call.get_flag(engine_state, stack, "sides")?.unwrap_or(6);
 
-    let iter = (0..dice).map(move |_| {
-        let mut thread_rng = thread_rng();
-        Value::int(thread_rng.gen_range(1..sides + 1) as i64, span)
-    });
+    let iter = (0..dice).map(move |_| Value::int(random_range(1..sides + 1) as i64, span));
 
     Ok(ListStream::new(iter, span, engine_state.signals().clone()).into())
 }
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/random/float.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/random/float.rs
index fb7cc329b4..f47d128b2c 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/random/float.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/random/float.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use nu_engine::command_prelude::*;
 use nu_protocol::{FloatRange, Range};
-use rand::prelude::{thread_rng, Rng};
+use rand::random_range;
 use std::ops::Bound;
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ fn float(
     let span = call.head;
     let range: Option<Spanned<Range>> = call.opt(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
 
-    let mut thread_rng = thread_rng();
-
     match range {
         Some(range) => {
             let range_span = range.span;
@@ -90,15 +88,15 @@ fn float(
             }
 
             let value = match range.end() {
-                Bound::Included(end) => thread_rng.gen_range(range.start()..=end),
-                Bound::Excluded(end) => thread_rng.gen_range(range.start()..end),
-                Bound::Unbounded => thread_rng.gen_range(range.start()..f64::INFINITY),
+                Bound::Included(end) => random_range(range.start()..=end),
+                Bound::Excluded(end) => random_range(range.start()..end),
+                Bound::Unbounded => random_range(range.start()..f64::INFINITY),
             };
 
             Ok(PipelineData::Value(Value::float(value, span), None))
         }
         None => Ok(PipelineData::Value(
-            Value::float(thread_rng.gen_range(0.0..1.0), span),
+            Value::float(random_range(0.0..1.0), span),
             None,
         )),
     }
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/random/int.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/random/int.rs
index 2adff1ec70..90e3a0fbaf 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/random/int.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/random/int.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use nu_engine::command_prelude::*;
 use nu_protocol::Range;
-use rand::prelude::{thread_rng, Rng};
+use rand::random_range;
 use std::ops::Bound;
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ fn integer(
     let span = call.head;
     let range: Option<Spanned<Range>> = call.opt(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
 
-    let mut thread_rng = thread_rng();
-
     match range {
         Some(range) => {
             let range_span = range.span;
@@ -94,9 +92,9 @@ fn integer(
                     }
 
                     let value = match range.end() {
-                        Bound::Included(end) => thread_rng.gen_range(range.start()..=end),
-                        Bound::Excluded(end) => thread_rng.gen_range(range.start()..end),
-                        Bound::Unbounded => thread_rng.gen_range(range.start()..=i64::MAX),
+                        Bound::Included(end) => random_range(range.start()..=end),
+                        Bound::Excluded(end) => random_range(range.start()..end),
+                        Bound::Unbounded => random_range(range.start()..=i64::MAX),
                     };
 
                     Ok(PipelineData::Value(Value::int(value, span), None))
@@ -110,7 +108,7 @@ fn integer(
             }
         }
         None => Ok(PipelineData::Value(
-            Value::int(thread_rng.gen_range(0..=i64::MAX), span),
+            Value::int(random_range(0..=i64::MAX), span),
             None,
         )),
     }
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/base/mod.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/base/mod.rs
index 308f0b35df..7fef836350 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/base/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/base/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use data_encoding::HEXUPPER;
 use rand::prelude::*;
+use rand::random_range;
 use rand_chacha::ChaCha8Rng;
 
 use nu_test_support::nu;
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ fn random_bytes() -> Vec<String> {
 
     (0..NUM)
         .map(|_| {
-            let length = rng.gen_range(0..512);
+            let length = random_range(0..512);
             let mut bytes = vec![0u8; length];
             rng.fill_bytes(&mut bytes);
             HEXUPPER.encode(&bytes)
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/database/into_sqlite.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/database/into_sqlite.rs
index 856757e768..93be9f27db 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/database/into_sqlite.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/database/into_sqlite.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ use nu_test_support::{
     playground::{Dirs, Playground},
 };
 use rand::{
-    distributions::{Alphanumeric, DistString, Standard},
+    distr::{Alphanumeric, SampleString, StandardUniform},
     prelude::Distribution,
+    random_range,
     rngs::StdRng,
     Rng, SeedableRng,
 };
@@ -382,7 +383,7 @@ struct TestRow(
 
 impl TestRow {
     pub fn random() -> Self {
-        StdRng::from_entropy().sample(Standard)
+        StdRng::from_os_rng().sample(StandardUniform)
     }
 }
 
@@ -433,12 +434,12 @@ impl TryFrom<&rusqlite::Row<'_>> for TestRow {
     }
 }
 
-impl Distribution<TestRow> for Standard {
+impl Distribution<TestRow> for StandardUniform {
     fn sample<R>(&self, rng: &mut R) -> TestRow
     where
         R: rand::Rng + ?Sized,
     {
-        let dt = DateTime::from_timestamp_millis(rng.gen_range(0..2324252554000))
+        let dt = DateTime::from_timestamp_millis(random_range(0..2324252554000))
             .unwrap()
             .fixed_offset();
 
@@ -446,18 +447,18 @@ impl Distribution<TestRow> for Standard {
 
         // limit the size of the numbers to work around
         // https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/10612
-        let filesize = rng.gen_range(-1024..=1024);
-        let duration = rng.gen_range(-1024..=1024);
+        let filesize = random_range(-1024..=1024);
+        let duration = random_range(-1024..=1024);
 
         TestRow(
-            rng.gen(),
-            rng.gen(),
-            rng.gen(),
+            rng.random(),
+            rng.random(),
+            rng.random(),
             filesize,
             duration,
             dt,
             rand_string,
-            rng.gen::<u64>().to_be_bytes().to_vec(),
+            rng.random::<u64>().to_be_bytes().to_vec(),
             rusqlite::types::Value::Null,
         )
     }