diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6c7ce73f66..00581f7d57 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ rand_core = { path = "rand_core", version = "=0.9.0-alpha.1", default-features =
 log = { version = "0.4.4", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0.103", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 rand_chacha = { path = "rand_chacha", version = "=0.9.0-alpha.1", default-features = false, optional = true }
-zerocopy = { version = "=0.8.0-alpha.6", default-features = false, features = ["simd"] }
+zerocopy = { version = "=0.8.0-alpha.8", default-features = false, features = ["simd"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand_pcg = { path = "rand_pcg", version = "=0.9.0-alpha.1" }
diff --git a/rand_core/Cargo.toml b/rand_core/Cargo.toml
index 642e9a12ad..f882351d4f 100644
--- a/rand_core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rand_core/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ serde1 = ["serde"] # enables serde for BlockRng wrapper
 [dependencies]
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 getrandom = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
-zerocopy = { version = "=0.8.0-alpha.6", default-features = false }
+zerocopy = { version = "=0.8.0-alpha.8", default-features = false }