diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index a300d36e..56244311 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ explanation in the description.
 > use rand::distributions::{Normal, Distribution};
 >
 > fn main() {
->    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+>    let mut rng = rand::rng();
 >    let normal = Normal::new(2.0, 3.0);
 >    let v = normal.sample(&mut rng);
 >    println!("{} is from a N(2, 9) distribution", v)
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f0d49797..a0acf873 100755
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ num_cpus = "1.16"
 percent-encoding = "2.3"
 petgraph = "0.6"
 postgres = "0.19"
-rand = "0.8"
-rand_distr = "0.4"
+rand = "0.9"
+rand_distr = "0.5.1"
 rayon = "1.10"
 regex = "1.11"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json", "stream"] }
diff --git a/src/algorithms/randomness/rand-choose.md b/src/algorithms/randomness/rand-choose.md
index 734f2661..5754915e 100644
--- a/src/algorithms/randomness/rand-choose.md
+++ b/src/algorithms/randomness/rand-choose.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [![rand-badge]][rand] [![cat-os-badge]][cat-os]
 
 Randomly generates a string of given length ASCII characters with custom
-user-defined bytestring, with [`gen_range`].
+user-defined bytestring, with [`random_range`].
 
 ```rust,edition2018
 fn main() {
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ fn main() {
                             abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\
                             0123456789)(*&^%$#@!~";
     const PASSWORD_LEN: usize = 30;
-    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+    let mut rng = rand::rng();
 
     let password: String = (0..PASSWORD_LEN)
         .map(|_| {
-            let idx = rng.gen_range(0..CHARSET.len());
+            let idx = rng.random_range(0..CHARSET.len());
             CHARSET[idx] as char
         })
         .collect();
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ fn main() {
 }
 ```
 
-[`gen_range`]: https://docs.rs/rand/*/rand/trait.Rng.html#method.gen_range
+[`random_range`]: https://docs.rs/rand/*/rand/trait.Rng.html#method.random_range
diff --git a/src/algorithms/randomness/rand-custom.md b/src/algorithms/randomness/rand-custom.md
index 94404da6..33fd238c 100644
--- a/src/algorithms/randomness/rand-custom.md
+++ b/src/algorithms/randomness/rand-custom.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ struct Point {
 
 impl Distribution<Point> for Standard {
     fn sample<R: Rng + ?Sized>(&self, rng: &mut R) -> Point {
-        let (rand_x, rand_y) = rng.gen();
+        let (rand_x, rand_y) = rng.random();
         Point {
             x: rand_x,
             y: rand_y,
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ impl Distribution<Point> for Standard {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
-    let rand_tuple = rng.gen::<(i32, bool, f64)>();
-    let rand_point: Point = rng.gen();
+    let mut rng = rand::rng();
+    let rand_tuple = rng.random::<(i32, bool, f64)>();
+    let rand_point: Point = rng.random();
     println!("Random tuple: {:?}", rand_tuple);
     println!("Random Point: {:?}", rand_point);
 }
diff --git a/src/algorithms/randomness/rand-dist.md b/src/algorithms/randomness/rand-dist.md
index 7ed62162..35efe31c 100644
--- a/src/algorithms/randomness/rand-dist.md
+++ b/src/algorithms/randomness/rand-dist.md
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ An example using the [`Normal`] distribution is shown below.
 
 ```rust,edition2018,ignore
 use rand_distr::{Distribution, Normal, NormalError};
-use rand::thread_rng;
+use rand::rng;
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), NormalError> {
-    let mut rng = thread_rng();
+    let mut rng = rng();
     let normal = Normal::new(2.0, 3.0)?;
     let v = normal.sample(&mut rng);
     println!("{} is from a N(2, 9) distribution", v);
diff --git a/src/algorithms/randomness/rand-passwd.md b/src/algorithms/randomness/rand-passwd.md
index e8c78634..8c74662e 100644
--- a/src/algorithms/randomness/rand-passwd.md
+++ b/src/algorithms/randomness/rand-passwd.md
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ Randomly generates a string of given length ASCII characters in the range `A-Z,
 a-z, 0-9`, with [`Alphanumeric`] sample.
 
 ```rust,edition2018
-use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
+use rand::{rng, Rng};
 use rand::distributions::Alphanumeric;
 
 fn main() {
-    let rand_string: String = thread_rng()
+    let rand_string: String = rng()
         .sample_iter(&Alphanumeric)
         .take(30)
         .map(char::from)
diff --git a/src/algorithms/randomness/rand-range.md b/src/algorithms/randomness/rand-range.md
index 9dc60651..acae3475 100644
--- a/src/algorithms/randomness/rand-range.md
+++ b/src/algorithms/randomness/rand-range.md
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 
 [![rand-badge]][rand] [![cat-science-badge]][cat-science]
 
-Generates a random value within half-open `[0, 10)` range (not including `10`) with [`Rng::gen_range`].
+Generates a random value within half-open `[0, 10)` range (not including `10`) with [`Rng::random_range`].
 
 ```rust,edition2018
 use rand::Rng;
 
 fn main() {
-    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
-    println!("Integer: {}", rng.gen_range(0..10));
-    println!("Float: {}", rng.gen_range(0.0..10.0));
+    let mut rng = rand::rng();
+    println!("Integer: {}", rng.random_range(0..10));
+    println!("Float: {}", rng.random_range(0.0..10.0));
 }
 ```
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ in the same range.
 use rand::distributions::{Distribution, Uniform};
 
 fn main() {
-    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+    let mut rng = rand::rng();
     let die = Uniform::from(1..7);
 
     loop {
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ fn main() {
 ```
 
 [`Uniform`]: https://docs.rs/rand/*/rand/distributions/uniform/struct.Uniform.html
-[`Rng::gen_range`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/rand/*/rand/trait.Rng.html#method.gen_range
+[`Rng::random_range`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/rand/*/rand/trait.Rng.html#method.random_range
 [uniform distribution]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_distribution_(continuous)
diff --git a/src/algorithms/randomness/rand.md b/src/algorithms/randomness/rand.md
index 6a8724e5..4db33c89 100644
--- a/src/algorithms/randomness/rand.md
+++ b/src/algorithms/randomness/rand.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [![rand-badge]][rand] [![cat-science-badge]][cat-science]
 
 Generates random numbers with help of random-number
-generator [`rand::Rng`] obtained via [`rand::thread_rng`]. Each thread has an
+generator [`rand::Rng`] obtained via [`rand::rng`]. Each thread has an
 initialized generator. Integers are uniformly distributed over the range of the
 type, and floating point numbers are uniformly distributed from 0 up to but not
 including 1.
@@ -12,17 +12,17 @@ including 1.
 use rand::Rng;
 
 fn main() {
-    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+    let mut rng = rand::rng();
 
-    let n1: u8 = rng.gen();
-    let n2: u16 = rng.gen();
+    let n1: u8 = rng.random();
+    let n2: u16 = rng.random();
     println!("Random u8: {}", n1);
     println!("Random u16: {}", n2);
-    println!("Random u32: {}", rng.gen::<u32>());
-    println!("Random i32: {}", rng.gen::<i32>());
-    println!("Random float: {}", rng.gen::<f64>());
+    println!("Random u32: {}", rng.random::<u32>());
+    println!("Random i32: {}", rng.random::<i32>());
+    println!("Random float: {}", rng.random::<f64>());
 }
 ```
 
 [`rand::Rng`]: https://docs.rs/rand/*/rand/trait.Rng.html
-[`rand::thread_rng`]: https://docs.rs/rand/*/rand/fn.thread_rng.html
+[`rand::rng`]: https://docs.rs/rand/*/rand/fn.rng.html