diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1de0bdb3..1c43e3d5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ name = "demo"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.0",
  "ratatui",
 ]
 
@@ -780,8 +780,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "indoc",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
  "palette",
- "rand 0.8.5",
- "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
+ "rand 0.9.0",
+ "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
  "ratatui",
  "strum",
  "time",
@@ -1110,10 +1110,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "js-sys",
  "libc",
- "wasi",
+ "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "getrandom"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "43a49c392881ce6d5c3b8cb70f98717b7c07aabbdff06687b9030dbfbe2725f8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "wasi 0.13.3+wasi-0.2.2",
+ "windows-targets",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gimli"
 version = "0.28.1"
@@ -1736,7 +1748,7 @@ checksum = "2886843bf800fba2e3377cff24abf6379b4c4d5c6681eaf9ea5b0d15090450bd"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
- "wasi",
+ "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
@@ -1747,7 +1759,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "color-eyre",
  "crossterm",
  "line_drawing",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.0",
  "ratatui",
 ]
 
@@ -2193,7 +2205,7 @@ version = "0.2.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "77957b295656769bb8ad2b6a6b09d897d94f05c41b069aede1fcdaa675eaea04"
 dependencies = [
- "zerocopy",
+ "zerocopy 0.7.35",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2281,11 +2293,20 @@ version = "0.8.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
 dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3779b94aeb87e8bd4e834cee3650289ee9e0d5677f976ecdb6d219e5f4f6cd94"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
+ "rand_core 0.9.0",
+ "zerocopy 0.8.14",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_chacha"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -2298,12 +2319,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_chacha"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
+checksum = "d3022b5f1df60f26e1ffddd6c66e8aa15de382ae63b3a0c1bfc0e4d3e3f325cb"
 dependencies = [
  "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core 0.9.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2326,8 +2347,15 @@ name = "rand_core"
 version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_core"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b08f3c9802962f7e1b25113931d94f43ed9725bebc59db9d0c3e9a23b67e15ff"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.3.1",
+ "zerocopy 0.8.14",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2409,8 +2437,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools 0.13.0",
  "palette",
  "pretty_assertions",
- "rand 0.8.5",
- "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
+ "rand 0.9.0",
+ "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
  "ratatui-core",
  "ratatui-crossterm",
  "ratatui-termion",
@@ -2559,7 +2587,7 @@ version = "0.4.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ba009ff324d1fc1b900bd1fdb31564febe58a8ccc8a6fdbb93b543d33b13ca43"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
  "libredox",
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
 ]
@@ -2622,7 +2650,7 @@ checksum = "c17fa4cb658e3583423e915b9f3acc01cceaee1860e33d59ebae66adc3a2dc0d"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "cfg-if",
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
  "libc",
  "spin",
  "untrusted",
@@ -3136,7 +3164,7 @@ checksum = "9a8a559c81686f576e8cd0290cd2a24a2a9ad80c98b3478856500fcbd7acd704"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "fastrand",
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix",
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
@@ -3621,7 +3649,7 @@ version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bc5cf98d8186244414c848017f0e2676b3fcb46807f6668a97dfe67359a3c4b7"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3631,7 +3659,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "744018581f9a3454a9e15beb8a33b017183f1e7c0cd170232a2d1453b23a51c4"
 dependencies = [
  "atomic",
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3680,6 +3708,15 @@ version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasi"
+version = "0.13.3+wasi-0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "26816d2e1a4a36a2940b96c5296ce403917633dff8f3440e9b236ed6f6bacad2"
+dependencies = [
+ "wit-bindgen-rt",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen"
 version = "0.2.100"
@@ -3744,7 +3781,7 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "color-eyre",
  "crossterm",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand 0.9.0",
  "ratatui",
 ]
 
@@ -3785,7 +3822,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8e5a5e0adf7eed68976410def849a4bdab6f6e9f6163f152de9cb89deea9e60b"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
  "mac_address",
  "once_cell",
  "sha2",
@@ -3972,6 +4009,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wit-bindgen-rt"
+version = "0.33.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3268f3d866458b787f390cf61f4bbb563b922d091359f9608842999eaee3943c"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "write16"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -4036,7 +4082,16 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1b9b4fd18abc82b8136838da5d50bae7bdea537c574d8dc1a34ed098d6c166f0"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
- "zerocopy-derive",
+ "zerocopy-derive 0.7.35",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.8.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a367f292d93d4eab890745e75a778da40909cab4d6ff8173693812f79c4a2468"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive 0.8.14",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4050,6 +4105,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.96",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.8.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d3931cb58c62c13adec22e38686b559c86a30565e16ad6e8510a337cedc611e1"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.96",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zerofrom"
 version = "0.1.5"
diff --git a/examples/apps/demo/Cargo.toml b/examples/apps/demo/Cargo.toml
index a784332d..1734743e 100644
--- a/examples/apps/demo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/apps/demo/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ termwiz = ["ratatui/termwiz"]
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.5.27", features = ["derive"] }
-rand = "0.8.5"
+rand = "0.9.0"
 ratatui.workspace = true
diff --git a/examples/apps/demo/src/app.rs b/examples/apps/demo/src/app.rs
index 84a80c4b..1f3226e0 100644
--- a/examples/apps/demo/src/app.rs
+++ b/examples/apps/demo/src/app.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use rand::{
-    distributions::{Distribution, Uniform},
+    distr::{Distribution, Uniform},
     rngs::ThreadRng,
 };
 use ratatui::widgets::ListState;
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ pub struct RandomSignal {
 impl RandomSignal {
     pub fn new(lower: u64, upper: u64) -> Self {
         Self {
-            distribution: Uniform::new(lower, upper),
-            rng: rand::thread_rng(),
+            distribution: Uniform::new(lower, upper).expect("invalid range"),
+            rng: rand::rng(),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/examples/apps/demo2/Cargo.toml b/examples/apps/demo2/Cargo.toml
index 4bcc1784..c4e7193a 100644
--- a/examples/apps/demo2/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/apps/demo2/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ crossterm.workspace = true
 indoc.workspace = true
 itertools.workspace = true
 palette = "0.7.6"
-rand = "0.8.5"
-rand_chacha = "0.3.1"
+rand = "0.9.0"
+rand_chacha = "0.9.0"
 ratatui = { workspace = true, features = ["all-widgets"] }
 strum.workspace = true
 time = "0.3.37"
diff --git a/examples/apps/demo2/src/destroy.rs b/examples/apps/demo2/src/destroy.rs
index bc094fac..08c1af37 100644
--- a/examples/apps/demo2/src/destroy.rs
+++ b/examples/apps/demo2/src/destroy.rs
@@ -47,20 +47,20 @@ fn drip(frame_count: usize, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer) {
     let variable_speed = DRIP_SPEED as f64 * fractional_speed * fractional_speed * fractional_speed;
     let pixel_count = (frame_count as f64 * variable_speed).floor() as usize;
     for _ in 0..pixel_count {
-        let src_x = rng.gen_range(0..area.width);
-        let src_y = rng.gen_range(1..area.height - 2);
+        let src_x = rng.random_range(0..area.width);
+        let src_y = rng.random_range(1..area.height - 2);
         let src = buf[(src_x, src_y)].clone();
         // 1% of the time, move a blank or pixel (10:1) to the top line of the screen
-        if rng.gen_ratio(1, 100) {
+        if rng.random_ratio(1, 100) {
             let dest_x = rng
-                .gen_range(src_x.saturating_sub(5)..src_x.saturating_add(5))
+                .random_range(src_x.saturating_sub(5)..src_x.saturating_add(5))
                 .clamp(area.left(), area.right() - 1);
             let dest_y = area.top() + 1;
 
             let dest = &mut buf[(dest_x, dest_y)];
             // copy the cell to the new location about 1/10 of the time blank out the cell the rest
             // of the time. This has the effect of gradually removing the pixels from the screen.
-            if rng.gen_ratio(1, 10) {
+            if rng.random_ratio(1, 10) {
                 *dest = src;
             } else {
                 dest.reset();
diff --git a/examples/apps/mouse-drawing/Cargo.toml b/examples/apps/mouse-drawing/Cargo.toml
index a447e5aa..e501221a 100644
--- a/examples/apps/mouse-drawing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/apps/mouse-drawing/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ color-eyre.workspace = true
 crossterm.workspace = true
 ## a collection of line drawing algorithms (e.g. Bresenham's line algorithm)
 line_drawing = "1.0.0"
-rand = "0.8.5"
+rand = "0.9.0"
 ratatui.workspace = true
 
 [lints]
diff --git a/examples/apps/weather/Cargo.toml b/examples/apps/weather/Cargo.toml
index c5fff68d..72925ad6 100644
--- a/examples/apps/weather/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/apps/weather/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 color-eyre.workspace = true
 crossterm.workspace = true
-rand = "0.8.5"
+rand = "0.9.0"
 ratatui.workspace = true
 
 [lints]
diff --git a/examples/apps/weather/src/main.rs b/examples/apps/weather/src/main.rs
index d76d945c..a160c643 100644
--- a/examples/apps/weather/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/apps/weather/src/main.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 //! [`BarChart`]: https://docs.rs/ratatui/latest/ratatui/widgets/struct.BarChart.html
 
 use color_eyre::Result;
-use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
+use rand::{rng, Rng};
 use ratatui::{
     crossterm::event::{self, Event, KeyCode, KeyEventKind},
     layout::{Constraint, Layout},
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ struct App {
 
 impl App {
     fn new() -> Self {
-        let mut rng = thread_rng();
-        let temperatures = (0..24).map(|_| rng.gen_range(50..90)).collect();
+        let mut rng = rng();
+        let temperatures = (0..24).map(|_| rng.random_range(50..90)).collect();
         Self {
             should_exit: false,
             temperatures,
diff --git a/ratatui/Cargo.toml b/ratatui/Cargo.toml
index fc7ec3ef..f7354b13 100644
--- a/ratatui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ratatui/Cargo.toml
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ font8x8 = "0.3.1"
 futures = "0.3.30"
 indoc = "2"
 pretty_assertions = "1.4.0"
-rand = "0.8.5"
-rand_chacha = "0.3.1"
+rand = "0.9.0"
+rand_chacha = "0.9.0"
 rstest = "0.24.0"
 serde_json.workspace = true
 tokio = { version = "1.43.0", features = ["rt", "macros", "time", "rt-multi-thread"] }
diff --git a/ratatui/benches/main/barchart.rs b/ratatui/benches/main/barchart.rs
index bed6c0d8..e220c7f8 100644
--- a/ratatui/benches/main/barchart.rs
+++ b/ratatui/benches/main/barchart.rs
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ use ratatui::{
 /// Benchmark for rendering a barchart.
 fn barchart(c: &mut Criterion) {
     let mut group = c.benchmark_group("barchart");
-    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+    let mut rng = rand::rng();
 
     for data_count in [64, 256, 2048] {
         let data: Vec<Bar> = (0..data_count)
             .map(|i| {
                 Bar::default()
                     .label(format!("B{i}"))
-                    .value(rng.gen_range(0..data_count))
+                    .value(rng.random_range(0..data_count))
             })
             .collect();
 
diff --git a/ratatui/benches/main/sparkline.rs b/ratatui/benches/main/sparkline.rs
index ebfda100..482c17bb 100644
--- a/ratatui/benches/main/sparkline.rs
+++ b/ratatui/benches/main/sparkline.rs
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ use ratatui::{
 /// Benchmark for rendering a sparkline.
 fn sparkline(c: &mut Criterion) {
     let mut group = c.benchmark_group("sparkline");
-    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+    let mut rng = rand::rng();
 
     for data_count in [64, 256, 2048] {
         let data: Vec<u64> = (0..data_count)
-            .map(|_| rng.gen_range(0..data_count))
+            .map(|_| rng.random_range(0..data_count))
             .collect();
 
         // Render a basic sparkline
diff --git a/ratatui/examples/inline.rs b/ratatui/examples/inline.rs
index c71df892..59d976c5 100644
--- a/ratatui/examples/inline.rs
+++ b/ratatui/examples/inline.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use color_eyre::Result;
-use rand::distributions::{Distribution, Uniform};
+use rand::distr::{Distribution, Uniform};
 use ratatui::{
     backend::Backend,
     crossterm::event,
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ fn workers(tx: mpsc::Sender<Event>) -> Vec<Worker> {
 }
 
 fn downloads() -> Downloads {
-    let distribution = Uniform::new(0, 1000);
-    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+    let distribution = Uniform::new(0, 1000).expect("invalid range");
+    let mut rng = rand::rng();
     let pending = (0..NUM_DOWNLOADS)
         .map(|id| {
             let size = distribution.sample(&mut rng);