diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index fa516ad..a639c6c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ toc::[]
 === Changed
 
 * Split `Params` from `format.rs` ({pull-request-url}/38[#38])
+* Use `StdRng` instead of `ChaCha20Rng` to generate salt
+  ({pull-request-url}/38[#38])
 
 == {compare-url}/v0.5.3\...v0.6.0[0.6.0] - 2023-08-09
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c8c1f93..cb95ba0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ exclude = [
 aes = "0.8.3"
 ctr = "0.9.2"
 hmac = "0.12.1"
-rand = { version = "0.8.5", default-features = false, features = ["getrandom"] }
-rand_chacha = { version = "0.3.1", default-features = false }
+rand = { version = "0.8.5", default-features = false, features = ["getrandom", "std_rng"] }
 scrypt = { version = "0.11.0", default-features = false }
 sha2 = { version = "0.10.7", default-features = false }
 
diff --git a/src/format.rs b/src/format.rs
index b760b2f..371198d 100644
--- a/src/format.rs
+++ b/src/format.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 //! Specifications of the scrypt encrypted data format.
 
 use hmac::{digest::MacError, Hmac, Mac};
-use rand::{Rng, SeedableRng};
-use rand_chacha::ChaCha20Rng;
+use rand::{rngs::StdRng, Rng, SeedableRng};
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 
 use crate::error::Error;
@@ -44,8 +43,7 @@ impl Header {
     /// Creates a new `Header`.
     pub fn new(params: scrypt::Params) -> Self {
         fn generate_salt() -> [u8; 32] {
-            let mut rng = ChaCha20Rng::from_entropy();
-            rng.gen()
+            StdRng::from_entropy().gen()
         }
 
         let magic_number = Self::MAGIC_NUMBER;