diff --git a/fuzz/Cargo.lock b/fuzz/Cargo.lock
index 9fa3351cd87..0d931b1448d 100644
--- a/fuzz/Cargo.lock
+++ b/fuzz/Cargo.lock
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ checksum = "6f8d983286843e49675a4b7a2d174efe136dc93a18d69130dd18198a6c167601"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "cpufeatures 0.3.0",
- "rand_core 0.10.0",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
  "r-efi",
- "rand_core 0.10.0",
+ "rand_core",
  "wasip2",
  "wasip3",
 ]
@@ -1397,15 +1397,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zerovec",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ppv-lite86"
-version = "0.2.21"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "85eae3c4ed2f50dcfe72643da4befc30deadb458a9b590d720cde2f2b1e97da9"
-dependencies = [
- "zerocopy",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "prettyplease"
 version = "0.2.37"
@@ -1464,16 +1455,6 @@ version = "5.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "69cdb34c158ceb288df11e18b4bd39de994f6657d83847bdffdbd7f346754b0f"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand"
-version = "0.9.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6db2770f06117d490610c7488547d543617b21bfa07796d7a12f6f1bd53850d1"
-dependencies = [
- "rand_chacha",
- "rand_core 0.9.5",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.10.0"
@@ -1482,26 +1463,7 @@ checksum = "bc266eb313df6c5c09c1c7b1fbe2510961e5bcd3add930c1e31f7ed9da0feff8"
 dependencies = [
  "chacha20",
  "getrandom 0.4.1",
- "rand_core 0.10.0",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_chacha"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d3022b5f1df60f26e1ffddd6c66e8aa15de382ae63b3a0c1bfc0e4d3e3f325cb"
-dependencies = [
- "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core 0.9.5",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_core"
-version = "0.9.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "76afc826de14238e6e8c374ddcc1fa19e374fd8dd986b0d2af0d02377261d83c"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.3.4",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2018,7 +1980,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools",
  "memchr",
  "nix",
- "rand 0.10.0",
+ "rand",
  "rayon",
  "self_cell",
  "tempfile",
@@ -2128,7 +2090,7 @@ name = "uucore-fuzz"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "libfuzzer-sys",
- "rand 0.9.2",
+ "rand",
  "uu_cksum",
  "uu_cut",
  "uu_date",
@@ -2161,7 +2123,7 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 dependencies = [
  "console",
  "libc",
- "rand 0.9.2",
+ "rand",
  "similar",
  "tempfile",
  "uucore",
@@ -2583,26 +2545,6 @@ version = "3.0.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b3a41ce106832b4da1c065baa4c31cf640cf965fa1483816402b7f6b96f0a64"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "zerocopy"
-version = "0.8.39"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "db6d35d663eadb6c932438e763b262fe1a70987f9ae936e60158176d710cae4a"
-dependencies = [
- "zerocopy-derive",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zerocopy-derive"
-version = "0.8.39"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4122cd3169e94605190e77839c9a40d40ed048d305bfdc146e7df40ab0f3e517"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "zerofrom"
 version = "0.1.6"
diff --git a/fuzz/Cargo.toml b/fuzz/Cargo.toml
index 81edb902c71..01177974f72 100644
--- a/fuzz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuzz/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ debug = true
 
 [dependencies]
 libfuzzer-sys = "0.4.7"
-rand = { version = "0.9.0", features = ["small_rng"] }
+rand = { version = "0.10.0", features = ["std_rng"] }
 uufuzz = { path = "uufuzz" }
 uucore = { path = "../src/uucore", features = ["parser"] }
 uu_date = { path = "../src/uu/date" }
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_cksum.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_cksum.rs
index be93a96050e..34d3579a76b 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_cksum.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_cksum.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #![no_main]
 use libfuzzer_sys::fuzz_target;
-use rand::Rng;
+use rand::RngExt;
 use std::env::temp_dir;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fs::{self, File};
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_cut.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_cut.rs
index 4a5215f8aec..8d049bc2e51 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_cut.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_cut.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 use libfuzzer_sys::fuzz_target;
 use uu_cut::uumain;
 
-use rand::Rng;
+use rand::RngExt;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 
 use uufuzz::{
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_dirname.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_dirname.rs
index bfb127a5a5a..d31778950a7 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_dirname.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_dirname.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 use libfuzzer_sys::fuzz_target;
 use uu_dirname::uumain;
 
-use rand::Rng;
+use rand::RngExt;
 use rand::prelude::IndexedRandom;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_echo.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_echo.rs
index a6441cf00d1..e5ce70e06e5 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_echo.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_echo.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 use libfuzzer_sys::fuzz_target;
 use uu_echo::uumain;
 
-use rand::Rng;
+use rand::RngExt;
 use rand::prelude::IndexedRandom;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ fn generate_echo() -> String {
     echo_str
 }
 
-fn generate_escape_sequence(rng: &mut impl Rng) -> String {
+fn generate_escape_sequence(rng: &mut impl RngExt) -> String {
     let escape_sequences = [
         "\\\\", "\\a", "\\b", "\\c", "\\e", "\\f", "\\n", "\\r", "\\t", "\\v", "\\0NNN", "\\xHH",
     ];
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_env.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_env.rs
index 284089f8378..df752fef4f8 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_env.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_env.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use uu_env::uumain;
 
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 
-use rand::Rng;
+use rand::RngExt;
 use uufuzz::{
     CommandResult, compare_result, generate_and_run_uumain, generate_random_string, run_gnu_cmd,
 };
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_expr.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_expr.rs
index 77ecffabc1b..9a6b66e612d 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_expr.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_expr.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 use libfuzzer_sys::fuzz_target;
 use uu_expr::uumain;
 
-use rand::Rng;
+use rand::RngExt;
 use rand::prelude::IndexedRandom;
 use std::{env, ffi::OsString};
 
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_non_utf8_paths.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_non_utf8_paths.rs
index 56451502ba9..5e838adc6ce 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_non_utf8_paths.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_non_utf8_paths.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #![no_main]
 use libfuzzer_sys::fuzz_target;
-use rand::Rng;
+use rand::RngExt;
 use rand::prelude::IndexedRandom;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::env::temp_dir;
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_printf.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_printf.rs
index 885ebb815bf..597272fbdf3 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_printf.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_printf.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 use libfuzzer_sys::fuzz_target;
 use uu_printf::uumain;
 
-use rand::Rng;
+use rand::RngExt;
 use rand::seq::IndexedRandom;
 use std::env;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use uufuzz::{compare_result, generate_and_run_uumain, generate_random_string, ru
 
 static CMD_PATH: &str = "printf";
 
-fn generate_escape_sequence(rng: &mut impl Rng) -> String {
+fn generate_escape_sequence(rng: &mut impl RngExt) -> String {
     let escape_sequences = [
         "\\\"",
         "\\\\",
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_seq.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_seq.rs
index 35721865e8c..2d441e6742f 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_seq.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_seq.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 use libfuzzer_sys::fuzz_target;
 use uu_seq::uumain;
 
-use rand::Rng;
+use rand::RngExt;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 
 use uufuzz::CommandResult;
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_sort.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_sort.rs
index 8b38f39ec1b..17fcd0e5c51 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_sort.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_sort.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 use libfuzzer_sys::fuzz_target;
 use uu_sort::uumain;
 
-use rand::Rng;
+use rand::RngExt;
 use std::env;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_split.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_split.rs
index 473d86f575f..c3ce54504c6 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_split.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_split.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 use libfuzzer_sys::fuzz_target;
 use uu_split::uumain;
 
-use rand::Rng;
+use rand::RngExt;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 
 use uufuzz::{
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_test.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_test.rs
index 1c77bf1629b..bb67b7e2307 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_test.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_test.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 use libfuzzer_sys::fuzz_target;
 use uu_test::uumain;
 
-use rand::Rng;
+use rand::RngExt;
 use rand::prelude::IndexedRandom;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ struct TestArg {
     arg_type: ArgType,
 }
 
-fn generate_random_path(rng: &mut dyn rand::RngCore) -> &'static str {
+fn generate_random_path(rng: &mut dyn rand::Rng) -> &'static str {
     match rng.random_range(0..=3) {
         0 => "/dev/null",
         1 => "/dev/random",
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_tr.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_tr.rs
index 5055ec0d748..0b1e70f21c8 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_tr.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_tr.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use libfuzzer_sys::fuzz_target;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use uu_tr::uumain;
 
-use rand::Rng;
+use rand::RngExt;
 
 use uufuzz::{
     CommandResult, compare_result, generate_and_run_uumain, generate_random_string, run_gnu_cmd,
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_wc.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_wc.rs
index 148ecdda1fc..b7d0b8a4de6 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_wc.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_wc.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 use libfuzzer_sys::fuzz_target;
 use uu_wc::uumain;
 
-use rand::Rng;
+use rand::RngExt;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 
 use uufuzz::{
diff --git a/fuzz/uufuzz/Cargo.toml b/fuzz/uufuzz/Cargo.toml
index 4480061763c..2233d5a7e1f 100644
--- a/fuzz/uufuzz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuzz/uufuzz/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ license.workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 console = "0.16.0"
 libc = "0.2.153"
-rand = { version = "0.9.0", features = ["small_rng"] }
+rand = { version = "0.10.0" }
 similar = "2.5.0"
 uucore = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../../src/uucore", features = ["parser"] }
 tempfile = "3.15.0"
diff --git a/fuzz/uufuzz/examples/fuzzing_simulation.rs b/fuzz/uufuzz/examples/fuzzing_simulation.rs
index ad7e8316114..48e9dbcdf94 100644
--- a/fuzz/uufuzz/examples/fuzzing_simulation.rs
+++ b/fuzz/uufuzz/examples/fuzzing_simulation.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 
-use rand::Rng;
+use rand::RngExt;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use uufuzz::{generate_and_run_uumain, generate_random_string, run_gnu_cmd};
 
diff --git a/fuzz/uufuzz/src/lib.rs b/fuzz/uufuzz/src/lib.rs
index e94ffd8b189..e7c135c3703 100644
--- a/fuzz/uufuzz/src/lib.rs
+++ b/fuzz/uufuzz/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use libc::{STDERR_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO, close, dup, dup2, pipe};
 use pretty_print::{
     print_diff, print_end_with_status, print_or_empty, print_section, print_with_style,
 };
-use rand::Rng;
+use rand::RngExt;
 use rand::prelude::IndexedRandom;
 use std::env::temp_dir;
 use std::ffi::OsString;