diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 31bcb9e..886b929 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ tls = ["openssl"]
 [dependencies]
 byteorder = "1"
 url = "^2.1"
-rand = "0.8"
+rand = "0.9"
 enum_dispatch = "0.3"
 openssl = { version = "^0.10", optional = true }
 r2d2 = "^0.8"
diff --git a/tests/tests.rs b/tests/tests.rs
index 134ea78..f7d64a9 100644
--- a/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,14 @@
 extern crate memcache;
 extern crate rand;
 
-use rand::distributions::Alphanumeric;
-use rand::{Rng, thread_rng};
-use std::iter;
+use rand::distr::{Alphanumeric, SampleString};
+use rand::rng;
 use std::thread;
 use std::thread::JoinHandle;
 use std::time;
 
 fn gen_random_key() -> String {
-    let bs = iter::repeat(())
-        .map(|()| thread_rng().sample(Alphanumeric))
-        .take(10)
-        .collect::<Vec<u8>>();
-    return String::from_utf8(bs).unwrap();
+    Alphanumeric.sample_string(&mut rng(), 10)
 }
 
 #[test]