diff --git a/crates/teamtalk/Cargo.toml b/crates/teamtalk/Cargo.toml
index b4c728e..2eec0a8 100644
--- a/crates/teamtalk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/teamtalk/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ tls-rustls = ["reqwest/rustls-tls"]
 teamtalk-sys = { version = "0.1.0" }
 thiserror = "2.0"
 evalexpr = "13.1"
-rand = "0.8"
+rand = "0.10"
 regex = "1.12"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["blocking"] }
 sevenz-rust2 = "0.20"
diff --git a/crates/teamtalk/src/utils/backoff.rs b/crates/teamtalk/src/utils/backoff.rs
index 72c729a..0c43d25 100644
--- a/crates/teamtalk/src/utils/backoff.rs
+++ b/crates/teamtalk/src/utils/backoff.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //! Exponential backoff helper.
-use rand::{Rng, thread_rng};
+use rand::{RngExt, rng};
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 /// Exponential backoff with jitter and a maximum cap.
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ impl ExponentialBackoff {
             return Duration::ZERO;
         }
 
-        let jittered = thread_rng().gen_range(0..=max_millis);
+        let jittered = rng().random_range(0..=max_millis);
         self.current_val = Duration::from_millis(jittered);
         self.current_val
     }