diff --git a/crates/bevy_asset/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_asset/Cargo.toml
index 5ccf6ac63f5c9..96c0bd222e12b 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_asset/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_asset/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ crossbeam-channel = "0.5.0"
 anyhow = "1.0.4"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 downcast-rs = "1.2.0"
+fastrand = "1.7.0"
 notify = { version = "=5.0.0-pre.11", optional = true }
 parking_lot = "0.11.0"
-rand = "0.8.0"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
 wasm-bindgen = { version = "0.2" }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_asset/src/handle.rs b/crates/bevy_asset/src/handle.rs
index d5296b389da02..abd6e13a98b79 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_asset/src/handle.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_asset/src/handle.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ impl HandleId {
     /// Creates a random id for an asset of type `T`.
     #[inline]
     pub fn random<T: Asset>() -> Self {
-        HandleId::Id(T::TYPE_UUID, rand::random())
+        HandleId::Id(T::TYPE_UUID, fastrand::u64(..))
     }
 
     /// Creates the default id for an asset of type `T`.