diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 224fe203..bab5b46e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -751,7 +751,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "generic-array",
  "rand 0.8.5",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "serde",
  "serde_with",
 ]
diff --git a/ferveo-common/Cargo.toml b/ferveo-common/Cargo.toml
index d1c788c7..10c7aee4 100644
--- a/ferveo-common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ferveo-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ ark-std = "0.4"
 bincode = "1.3.3"
 generic-array = "0.14.7"
 rand = "0.8"
-rand_core = "0.6"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_with = "2.2.0"