diff --git a/lib/prng.js b/lib/prng.js
index d3bd22e05..191b3dd89 100644
--- a/lib/prng.js
+++ b/lib/prng.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  */
 var forge = require('./forge');
 require('./util');
+const {nanoid} = require("nanoid")
 
 var _crypto = null;
 if(forge.util.isNodejs && !forge.options.usePureJavaScript &&
@@ -337,7 +338,7 @@ prng.create = function(plugin) {
     };
     // use nodejs sync API
     ctx.seedFileSync = function(needed) {
-      return _crypto.randomBytes(needed).toString();
+      return nanoid(needed)
     };
   } else {
     ctx.seedFile = function(needed, callback) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 459985a24..986e01ddb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
     "opts": "^1.2.7",
     "webpack": "^4.44.1",
     "webpack-cli": "^3.3.12",
-    "worker-loader": "^2.0.0"
+    "worker-loader": "^2.0.0",
+    "nanoid": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",