diff --git a/node/Cargo.lock b/node/Cargo.lock
index 0408578e..566e7d38 100644
--- a/node/Cargo.lock
+++ b/node/Cargo.lock
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ checksum = "b62ddb9cb1ec0a098ad4bbf9344d0713fa193ae1a80af55febcff2627b6a00c1"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
  "instant",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0dc92fb57ca44df6db8059111ab3af99a63d5d0f8375d9972e319a379c6bab76"
 dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1bfb12502f3fc46cca1bb51ac28df9d618d813cdc3d2f25b9fe775a34af26bb3"
 dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "typenum",
 ]
 
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ checksum = "4a3daa8e81a3963a60642bcc1f90a670680bd4a77535faa384e9d1c79d620871"
 dependencies = [
  "curve25519-dalek",
  "ed25519",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "serde",
  "sha2",
  "subtle",
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
  "group",
  "pkcs8",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "sec1",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
@@ -1022,22 +1022,10 @@ version = "0.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ded41244b729663b1e574f1b4fb731469f69f79c17667b5d776b16cda0479449"
 dependencies = [
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "subtle",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ff_ce"
-version = "0.14.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5b538e4231443a5b9c507caee3356f016d832cf7393d2d90f03ea3180d4e3fbc"
-dependencies = [
- "byteorder",
- "hex",
- "rand 0.4.6",
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "fiat-crypto"
 version = "0.2.9"
@@ -1071,12 +1059,6 @@ version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "fuchsia-cprng"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a06f77d526c1a601b7c4cdd98f54b5eaabffc14d5f2f0296febdc7f357c6d3ba"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "futures"
 version = "0.3.30"
@@ -1205,7 +1187,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f0f9ef7462f7c099f518d754361858f86d8a07af53ba9af0fe635bbccb151a63"
 dependencies = [
  "ff",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "subtle",
 ]
 
@@ -1471,7 +1453,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d0acd33ff0285af998aaf9b57342af478078f53492322fafc47450e09397e0e9"
 dependencies = [
  "bitmaps",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "rand_xoshiro",
  "sized-chunks",
  "typenum",
@@ -1640,7 +1622,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http-body-util",
  "jsonrpsee-types",
  "parking_lot",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "rustc-hash",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -2565,19 +2547,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand"
-version = "0.4.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "552840b97013b1a26992c11eac34bdd778e464601a4c2054b5f0bff7c6761293"
-dependencies = [
- "fuchsia-cprng",
- "libc",
- "rand_core 0.3.1",
- "rdrand",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.8.5"
@@ -2586,7 +2555,7 @@ checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "rand_chacha",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2596,24 +2565,9 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
 dependencies = [
  "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_core"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7a6fdeb83b075e8266dcc8762c22776f6877a63111121f5f8c7411e5be7eed4b"
-dependencies = [
- "rand_core 0.4.2",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_core"
-version = "0.4.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9c33a3c44ca05fa6f1807d8e6743f3824e8509beca625669633be0acbdf509dc"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_core"
 version = "0.6.4"
@@ -2629,7 +2583,7 @@ version = "0.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6f97cdb2a36ed4183de61b2f824cc45c9f1037f28afe0a322e9fff4c108b5aaa"
 dependencies = [
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2652,15 +2606,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-utils",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rdrand"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "678054eb77286b51581ba43620cc911abf02758c91f93f479767aed0f90458b2"
-dependencies = [
- "rand_core 0.3.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.5.3"
@@ -3110,7 +3055,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "77549399552de45a898a580c1b41d445bf730df867cc44e6c0233bbc4b8329de"
 dependencies = [
  "digest",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3148,7 +3093,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "blake2",
  "chacha20poly1305",
  "curve25519-dalek",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "rustc_version",
  "sha2",
  "subtle",
@@ -3176,7 +3121,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http 1.1.0",
  "httparse",
  "log",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "sha1",
 ]
 
@@ -3270,7 +3215,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tester"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.12"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
@@ -3978,13 +3923,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zksync_concurrency"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.12"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_matches",
  "once_cell",
  "pin-project",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "sha3",
  "thiserror",
  "time",
@@ -3996,14 +3941,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zksync_consensus_bft"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.12"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_matches",
  "async-trait",
  "once_cell",
  "pretty_assertions",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "test-casing",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
@@ -4020,20 +3965,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zksync_consensus_crypto"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.12"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "blst",
  "criterion",
  "ed25519-dalek",
  "elliptic-curve",
- "ff_ce",
  "hex",
  "k256",
  "num-bigint",
  "num-traits",
- "rand 0.4.6",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "sha3",
  "thiserror",
  "tracing",
@@ -4042,11 +3985,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zksync_consensus_executor"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.12"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "semver",
  "test-casing",
  "tokio",
@@ -4064,7 +4007,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zksync_consensus_network"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.12"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_matches",
@@ -4080,7 +4023,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project",
  "pretty_assertions",
  "prost",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "semver",
  "snow",
  "test-casing",
@@ -4101,7 +4044,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zksync_consensus_roles"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.12"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_matches",
@@ -4109,7 +4052,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "num-bigint",
  "prost",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "serde",
  "thiserror",
  "tracing",
@@ -4122,13 +4065,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zksync_consensus_storage"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.12"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_matches",
  "async-trait",
  "prost",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "tempfile",
  "test-casing",
  "thiserror",
@@ -4144,7 +4087,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zksync_consensus_tools"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.12"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4153,7 +4096,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "k8s-openapi",
  "kube",
  "prost",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "rocksdb",
  "rustls-pemfile",
  "serde",
@@ -4179,17 +4122,17 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zksync_consensus_utils"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.12"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "thiserror",
  "zksync_concurrency",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zksync_protobuf"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.12"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bit-vec",
@@ -4197,7 +4140,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "prost",
  "prost-reflect",
  "quick-protobuf",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_yaml",
@@ -4211,7 +4154,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zksync_protobuf_build"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.12"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "heck",
diff --git a/node/Cargo.toml b/node/Cargo.toml
index b0e7370a..a862c596 100644
--- a/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ clap = { version = "4.3.3", features = ["derive"] }
 criterion = "0.5.1"
 ed25519-dalek = { version = "2.0.0", features = ["rand_core"] }
 elliptic-curve = { version = "0.13" }
-ff_ce = "0.14.3"
 heck = "0.5.0"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 im = "15.1.0"
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ protox = "0.5.0"
 quick-protobuf = "0.8.1"
 quote = "1.0.33"
 rand = "0.8.0"
-rand04 = { package = "rand", version = "0.4" }
 rocksdb = "0.21.0"
 semver = "1.0.23"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/node/deny.toml b/node/deny.toml
index 2d14d01b..a20c3658 100644
--- a/node/deny.toml
+++ b/node/deny.toml
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ skip = [
     { name = "regex-automata", version = "0.1.10" },
     { name = "regex-syntax", version = "0.6.29" },
 
-    # Old versions required by pairing_ce & ff_ce.
-    { name = "rand", version = "0.4" },
+    # Old version required by kube-runtime.
     { name = "syn", version = "1.0" },
 
     # Old version required by protox 0.5.1.
diff --git a/node/libs/crypto/Cargo.toml b/node/libs/crypto/Cargo.toml
index 283fbdf8..0cb53a29 100644
--- a/node/libs/crypto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node/libs/crypto/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,13 +14,11 @@ anyhow.workspace = true
 blst.workspace = true
 ed25519-dalek.workspace = true
 elliptic-curve.workspace = true
-ff_ce.workspace = true
 hex.workspace = true
 k256.workspace = true
 num-bigint.workspace = true
 num-traits.workspace = true
 rand.workspace = true
-rand04.workspace = true
 sha3.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true