diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 695a530e0..ad6152360 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -919,6 +919,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions",
  "page_size",
  "prometheus",
+ "rand 0.9.1",
  "rayon",
  "rocksdb",
  "rust-crypto",
@@ -2363,10 +2364,20 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "rand_chacha",
+ "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand"
+version = "0.9.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9fbfd9d094a40bf3ae768db9361049ace4c0e04a4fd6b359518bd7b73a73dd97"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
+ "rand_core 0.9.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_chacha"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -2377,6 +2388,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "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 0.9.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_core"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -2401,6 +2422,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.2.15",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_core"
+version = "0.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "99d9a13982dcf210057a8a78572b2217b667c3beacbf3a0d8b454f6f82837d38"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.3.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rayon"
 version = "1.10.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7ec330366..6bf669a83 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ arraydeque = "0.5.1"
 arrayref = "0.3.6"
 base64 = "0.22"
 bincode = "1.3.1"
-bitcoin = { version = "0.32.4", features = ["serde", "rand"] }
+bitcoin = { version = "0.32.4", features = ["serde"] }
 clap = "2.33.3"
 crossbeam-channel = "0.5.0"
 dirs = "5.0.1"
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ opentelemetry-otlp = { version = "0.13.0", default-features = false, features =
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17", default-features = false, features = ["env-filter", "fmt"], optional = true }
 opentelemetry-semantic-conventions = { version = "0.12.0", optional = true }
 tracing = { version = "0.1.40", default-features = false, features = ["attributes"], optional = true }
+rand = "0.9.1"
 
 # optional dependencies for electrum-discovery
 electrum-client = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/bin/electrs.rs b/src/bin/electrs.rs
index 247ddc6c3..134c17ab8 100644
--- a/src/bin/electrs.rs
+++ b/src/bin/electrs.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use std::{env, process, thread};
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 use std::time::Duration;
 use bitcoin::hex::DisplayHex;
-use bitcoin::secp256k1::rand;
+use rand::{rng, RngCore};
 use electrs::{
     config::Config,
     daemon::Daemon,
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ fn run_server(config: Arc<Config>, salt_rwlock: Arc<RwLock<String>>) -> Result<(
 }
 
 fn generate_salt() -> String {
-    let random_bytes: [u8; 32] = rand::random();
+    let mut random_bytes = [0u8; 32];
+    rng().fill_bytes(&mut random_bytes);
     random_bytes.to_lower_hex_string()
 }