diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 34afc6e678..5e54104a9c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2896,7 +2896,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "proptest",
  "rand",
  "rand_chacha",
- "rand_core",
  "rcgen",
  "regex",
  "reqwest",
diff --git a/iroh-net/Cargo.toml b/iroh-net/Cargo.toml
index 1d4fecfc8b..7093597f37 100644
--- a/iroh-net/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh-net/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ quinn = { package = "iroh-quinn", version = "0.11" }
 quinn-proto = { package = "iroh-quinn-proto", version = "0.11" }
 quinn-udp = { package = "iroh-quinn-udp", version = "0.5" }
 rand = "0.8"
-rand_core = "0.6.4"
 rcgen = "0.12"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls"] }
 ring = "0.17"
diff --git a/iroh-net/src/endpoint.rs b/iroh-net/src/endpoint.rs
index 191f1f8a2a..c83181ef63 100644
--- a/iroh-net/src/endpoint.rs
+++ b/iroh-net/src/endpoint.rs
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ mod tests {
     use std::time::Instant;
 
     use iroh_test::CallOnDrop;
-    use rand_core::SeedableRng;
+    use rand::SeedableRng;
     use tracing::{error_span, info, info_span, Instrument};
 
     use crate::test_utils::run_relay_server;