diff --git a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
index edff2baae..3cd424425 100644
--- a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
+++ b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use fnv::FnvHasher;
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 use nix::libc::{getrlimit, rlimit, RLIMIT_NOFILE};
 use numeric_str_cmp::{human_numeric_str_cmp, numeric_str_cmp, NumInfo, NumInfoParseSettings};
-use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
+use rand::{rng, Rng};
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use std::env;
@@ -1742,7 +1742,7 @@ fn general_numeric_compare(a: &GeneralF64ParseResult, b: &GeneralF64ParseResult)
 }
 
 fn get_rand_string() -> [u8; 16] {
-    thread_rng().sample(rand::distributions::Standard)
+    rng().sample(rand::distr::StandardUniform)
 }
 
 fn get_hash<T: Hash>(t: &T) -> u64 {
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs b/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
index 370544feb..7ed8c3b9e 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ fn test_tmp_files_deleted_on_sigint() {
         // approximately 20 MB
         for _ in 0..40 {
             let lines = SmallRng::seed_from_u64(123)
-                .sample_iter(rand::distributions::uniform::Uniform::new(0, 10000))
+                .sample_iter(rand::distr::uniform::Uniform::new(0, 10000).unwrap())
                 .take(100_000)
                 .map(|x| x.to_string() + "\n")
                 .collect::<String>();