diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 21d8529..fc7b359 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0dc92fb57ca44df6db8059111ab3af99a63d5d0f8375d9972e319a379c6bab76"
 dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1bfb12502f3fc46cca1bb51ac28df9d618d813cdc3d2f25b9fe775a34af26bb3"
 dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "typenum",
 ]
 
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hkdf",
  "pem-rfc7468",
  "pkcs8",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "sec1",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ version = "0.13.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c0b50bfb653653f9ca9095b427bed08ab8d75a137839d9ad64eb11810d5b6393"
 dependencies = [
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "subtle",
 ]
 
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f0f9ef7462f7c099f518d754361858f86d8a07af53ba9af0fe635bbccb151a63"
 dependencies = [
  "ff",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "subtle",
 ]
 
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "log",
  "portable-atomic",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "rtcp",
  "rtp",
  "thiserror",
@@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper",
  "hyper-util",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "rand 0.9.0",
+ "rand",
  "rustls-native-certs",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-boring",
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http",
  "nq-core",
  "nq-stats",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "serde",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
@@ -1622,24 +1622,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
-version = "0.8.5"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
+checksum = "5ca0ecfa931c29007047d1bc58e623ab12e5590e8c7cc53200d5202b69266d8a"
 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",
+ "rand_chacha",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1649,17 +1638,7 @@ 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]]
@@ -1671,16 +1650,6 @@ 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",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rcgen"
 version = "0.13.2"
@@ -1792,7 +1761,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "memchr",
  "portable-atomic",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "serde",
  "thiserror",
  "webrtc-util",
@@ -1908,7 +1877,7 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "02a526161f474ae94b966ba622379d939a8fe46c930eebbadb73e339622599d5"
 dependencies = [
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "substring",
  "thiserror",
  "url",
@@ -2052,7 +2021,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "77549399552de45a898a580c1b41d445bf730df867cc44e6c0233bbc4b8329de"
 dependencies = [
  "digest",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2125,7 +2094,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "crc",
  "lazy_static",
  "md-5",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "ring",
  "subtle",
  "thiserror",
@@ -2379,7 +2348,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "md-5",
  "portable-atomic",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "ring",
  "stun",
  "thiserror",
@@ -2518,7 +2487,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
  "portable-atomic",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "rcgen",
  "regex",
  "ring",
@@ -2582,8 +2551,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "p256",
  "p384",
  "portable-atomic",
- "rand 0.8.5",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand",
+ "rand_core",
  "rcgen",
  "ring",
  "rustls",
@@ -2610,7 +2579,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "crc",
  "log",
  "portable-atomic",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "stun",
@@ -2645,7 +2614,7 @@ checksum = "e153be16b8650021ad3e9e49ab6e5fa9fb7f6d1c23c213fd8bbd1a1135a4c704"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
  "bytes",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "rtp",
  "thiserror",
 ]
@@ -2662,7 +2631,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "crc",
  "log",
  "portable-atomic",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "webrtc-util",
@@ -2706,7 +2675,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "nix",
  "portable-atomic",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "winapi",
@@ -2912,7 +2881,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c7e468321c81fb07fa7f4c636c3972b9100f0346e5b6a9f2bd0603a52f7ed277"
 dependencies = [
  "curve25519-dalek",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "serde",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -2944,26 +2913,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "time",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "zerocopy"
-version = "0.8.17"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "aa91407dacce3a68c56de03abe2760159582b846c6a4acd2f456618087f12713"
-dependencies = [
- "zerocopy-derive",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zerocopy-derive"
-version = "0.8.17"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "06718a168365cad3d5ff0bb133aad346959a2074bd4a85c121255a11304a8626"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
 version = "1.8.1"
diff --git a/crates/nq-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/nq-core/Cargo.toml
index 8f65864..1051a9f 100644
--- a/crates/nq-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nq-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "time", "net", "test-
 tokio-boring = { workspace = true }
 tokio-util = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
-rand = "0.9.0-beta.1"
+rand = "0.8.6"
 bytes = "1.11.1"
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