diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0d8508c0d..bd8f241cc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1424,7 +1424,6 @@ checksum = "7277392b266383ef8396db7fdeb1e77b6c52fed775f5df15bb24f35b72156980"
 dependencies = [
  "curve25519-dalek 4.1.1",
  "ed25519",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "serde",
  "sha2 0.10.8",
  "zeroize",
@@ -2885,9 +2884,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libp2p-identity"
-version = "0.2.6"
+version = "0.2.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "31e6cc3b46b1183c2de7c452efbc64813389036be632aaae71de2f15f1994fad"
+checksum = "cdd6317441f361babc74c2989c6484eb0726045399b6648de039e1805ea96972"
 dependencies = [
  "asn1_der",
  "bs58",
@@ -2897,7 +2896,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "multihash",
  "quick-protobuf",
- "rand 0.8.5",
  "sha2 0.10.8",
  "thiserror",
  "zeroize",
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 8118f28b1..eb030c056 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ chrono = "0.4.31"
 exocore-protos = {version = "0.1.25", path = "../protos"}
 futures = { version = "0.3.28", features = ["async-await"] }
 libp2p = { version = "0.52.3", features = ["noise", "secp256k1"], default-features = false }
-libp2p-identity = { version = "0.2.6", features = ["secp256k1", "ed25519"], default-features = false }
+libp2p-identity = { version = "0.2.7", features = ["secp256k1", "ed25519"], default-features = false }
 log = "0.4.20"
 log4rs = { version = "1.2.0", optional = true }
 multihash = "0.19.1"
diff --git a/transport/Cargo.toml b/transport/Cargo.toml
index 6606979ed..c8fb39c88 100644
--- a/transport/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transport/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ futures = "0.3.28"
 gloo-timers = {version = "0.3", optional = true}
 hyper = {version = "0.14.27", features = ["full"], optional = true}
 libp2p = {version = "0.52.3", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["noise", "websocket", "yamux", "ping", "identify", "macros", "tokio", "dns"]}
-libp2p-identity = { version = "0.2.6", features = ["secp256k1", "ed25519"], default-features = false }
+libp2p-identity = { version = "0.2.7", features = ["secp256k1", "ed25519"], default-features = false }
 libp2p-mplex = {version = "0.40.0", optional = true}
 log = "0.4.20"
 pin-project = "1.1.3"