diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 060fa8913..a639b800e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mime",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project 1.0.2",
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.7.3",
  "regex",
  "serde 1.0.118",
  "serde_json",
@@ -399,9 +399,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
-version = "1.0.35"
+version = "1.0.36"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c0df63cb2955042487fad3aefd2c6e3ae7389ac5dc1beb28921de0b69f779d4"
+checksum = "68803225a7b13e47191bab76f2687382b60d259e8cf37f6e1893658b84bb9479"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "arrayvec"
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "mime",
  "percent-encoding",
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.7.3",
  "rustls",
  "serde 1.0.118",
  "serde_json",
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "log",
  "num_cpus",
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.7.3",
  "serde 1.0.118",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hound",
  "image",
  "lodepng",
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.7.3",
  "serde_json",
 ]
 
@@ -1369,9 +1369,9 @@ checksum = "d7afe4a420e3fe79967a00898cc1f4db7c8a49a9333a29f8a4bd76a253d5cd04"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "20564e78d53d2bb135c343b3f47714a56af2061f1c928fdb541dc7b9fdd94205"
+checksum = "87cbf45460356b7deeb5e3415b5563308c0a9b057c85e12b06ad551f98d0a6ac"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-segmentation",
 ]
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lemmy_websocket",
  "log",
  "openssl",
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.8.0",
  "reqwest",
  "serde 1.0.118",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1770,7 +1770,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "openssl",
  "percent-encoding",
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.8.0",
  "reqwest",
  "serde 1.0.118",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1899,7 +1899,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "openssl",
  "percent-encoding",
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.8.0",
  "regex",
  "reqwest",
  "serde 1.0.118",
@@ -1923,7 +1923,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lemmy_structs",
  "lemmy_utils",
  "log",
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.8.0",
  "reqwest",
  "serde 1.0.118",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1948,7 +1948,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "quoted_printable",
  "r2d2",
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.7.3",
  "regex",
  "serde 1.0.118",
  "serde_json",
@@ -2569,9 +2569,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
-version = "1.0.7"
+version = "1.0.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "aa563d17ecb180e500da1cfd2b028310ac758de548efdd203e18f283af693f37"
+checksum = "991431c3519a3f36861882da93630ce66b52918dcf1b8e2fd66b397fc96f28df"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
@@ -2607,9 +2607,21 @@ checksum = "6a6b1679d49b24bbfe0c803429aa1874472f50d9b363131f0e89fc356b544d03"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.1.15",
  "libc",
- "rand_chacha",
- "rand_core",
- "rand_hc",
+ "rand_chacha 0.2.2",
+ "rand_core 0.5.1",
+ "rand_hc 0.2.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a76330fb486679b4ace3670f117bbc9e16204005c4bde9c4bd372f45bed34f12"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "rand_chacha 0.3.0",
+ "rand_core 0.6.0",
+ "rand_hc 0.3.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2619,7 +2631,17 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f4c8ed856279c9737206bf725bf36935d8666ead7aa69b52be55af369d193402"
 dependencies = [
  "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core",
+ "rand_core 0.5.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_chacha"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e12735cf05c9e10bf21534da50a147b924d555dc7a547c42e6bb2d5b6017ae0d"
+dependencies = [
+ "ppv-lite86",
+ "rand_core 0.6.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2631,13 +2653,31 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.1.15",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_core"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a8b34ba8cfb21243bd8df91854c830ff0d785fff2e82ebd4434c2644cb9ada18"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.2.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_hc"
 version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ca3129af7b92a17112d59ad498c6f81eaf463253766b90396d39ea7a39d6613c"
 dependencies = [
- "rand_core",
+ "rand_core 0.5.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_hc"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3190ef7066a446f2e7f42e239d161e905420ccab01eb967c9eb27d21b2322a73"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand_core 0.6.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3047,9 +3087,9 @@ checksum = "ae524f056d7d770e174287294f562e95044c68e88dec909a00d2094805db9d75"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
-version = "0.3.18"
+version = "0.3.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "97e0e9fd577458a4f61fb91fcb559ea2afecc54c934119421f9f5d3d5b1a1057"
+checksum = "122e570113d28d773067fab24266b66753f6ea915758651696b6e35e49f88d6e"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
  "libc",
@@ -3152,9 +3192,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "1.0.54"
+version = "1.0.55"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9a2af957a63d6bd42255c359c93d9bfdb97076bd3b820897ce55ffbfbf107f44"
+checksum = "a571a711dddd09019ccc628e1b17fe87c59b09d513c06c026877aa708334f37a"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -3175,7 +3215,7 @@ checksum = "7a6e24d9338a0a5be79593e2fa15a648add6138caa803e2d5bc782c371732ca9"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 0.1.10",
  "libc",
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.7.3",
  "redox_syscall",
  "remove_dir_all",
  "winapi 0.3.9",
@@ -3421,7 +3461,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "idna",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.7.3",
  "smallvec",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio 0.2.24",
@@ -3558,7 +3598,7 @@ version = "0.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9fde2f6a4bea1d6e007c4ad38c6839fa71cbb63b6dbf5b595aa38dc9b1093c11"
 dependencies = [
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.7.3",
  "serde 1.0.118",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7bed59d1e..e77140659 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ openssl = "0.10.31"
 http-signature-normalization-actix = { version = "0.4.1", default-features = false, features = ["sha-2"] }
 tokio = "0.3.6"
 sha2 = "0.9.2"
-anyhow = "1.0.35"
+anyhow = "1.0.36"
 reqwest = { version = "0.10.10", features = ["json"] }
 activitystreams = "0.7.0-alpha.8"
 actix-rt = { version = "1.1.1", default-features = false }
diff --git a/lemmy_api/Cargo.toml b/lemmy_api/Cargo.toml
index f4a10924c..fc845c118 100644
--- a/lemmy_api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lemmy_api/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ actix-web = { version = "3.3.2", default-features = false }
 actix-rt = { version = "1.1.1", default-features = false }
 awc = { version = "2.0.3", default-features = false }
 log = "0.4.11"
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = "0.8.0"
 strum = "0.20.0"
 strum_macros = "0.20.1"
 jsonwebtoken = "7.2.0"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ uuid = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 sha2 = "0.9.2"
 async-trait = "0.1.42"
 captcha = "0.0.8"
-anyhow = "1.0.35"
+anyhow = "1.0.36"
 thiserror = "1.0.22"
 background-jobs = "0.8.0"
 reqwest = { version = "0.10.10", features = ["json"] }
diff --git a/lemmy_apub/Cargo.toml b/lemmy_apub/Cargo.toml
index e62ae9f0c..09dd9be83 100644
--- a/lemmy_apub/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lemmy_apub/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ actix-web = { version = "3.3.2", default-features = false }
 actix-rt = { version = "1.1.1", default-features = false }
 awc = { version = "2.0.3", default-features = false }
 log = "0.4.11"
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = "0.8.0"
 strum = "0.20.0"
 strum_macros = "0.20.1"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ itertools = "0.9.0"
 uuid = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 sha2 = "0.9.2"
 async-trait = "0.1.42"
-anyhow = "1.0.35"
+anyhow = "1.0.36"
 thiserror = "1.0.22"
 background-jobs = "0.8.0"
 reqwest = { version = "0.10.10", features = ["json"] }
diff --git a/lemmy_utils/Cargo.toml b/lemmy_utils/Cargo.toml
index e90015f0e..fe810a79f 100644
--- a/lemmy_utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lemmy_utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4.19", features = ["serde"] }
 lettre = "0.10.0-alpha.4"
 log = "0.4.11"
 itertools = "0.9.0"
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = "0.8.0"
 percent-encoding = "2.1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.118", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.60", features = ["preserve_order"] }
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ openssl = "0.10.31"
 url = { version = "2.2.0", features = ["serde"] }
 actix-web = { version = "3.3.2", default-features = false, features = ["rustls"] }
 actix-rt = { version = "1.1.1", default-features = false }
-anyhow = "1.0.35"
+anyhow = "1.0.36"
 reqwest = { version = "0.10.10", features = ["json"] }
diff --git a/lemmy_utils/src/utils.rs b/lemmy_utils/src/utils.rs
index 2260cb65e..2af010a84 100644
--- a/lemmy_utils/src/utils.rs
+++ b/lemmy_utils/src/utils.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ pub(crate) fn slurs_vec_to_str(slurs: Vec<&str>) -> String {
 }
 
 pub fn generate_random_string() -> String {
-  thread_rng().sample_iter(&Alphanumeric).take(30).collect()
+  thread_rng()
+    .sample_iter(&Alphanumeric)
+    .map(char::from)
+    .take(30)
+    .collect()
 }
 
 pub fn markdown_to_html(text: &str) -> String {
diff --git a/lemmy_websocket/Cargo.toml b/lemmy_websocket/Cargo.toml
index 30dbe1fbd..90cf0e175 100644
--- a/lemmy_websocket/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lemmy_websocket/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ lemmy_db_schema = { path = "../lemmy_db_schema" }
 lemmy_rate_limit = { path = "../lemmy_rate_limit" }
 reqwest = { version = "0.10.10", features = ["json"] }
 log = "0.4.11"
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = "0.8.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.118", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.60", features = ["preserve_order"] }
 actix = "0.10.0"
-anyhow = "1.0.35"
+anyhow = "1.0.36"
 diesel = "1.4.5"
 background-jobs = "0.8.0"
 tokio = "0.3.6"