diff --git a/backend/onedrive/quickxorhash/quickxorhash_test.go b/backend/onedrive/quickxorhash/quickxorhash_test.go
index 40539439d..c38c4d88b 100644
--- a/backend/onedrive/quickxorhash/quickxorhash_test.go
+++ b/backend/onedrive/quickxorhash/quickxorhash_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package quickxorhash
 
 import (
+	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"hash"
-	"math/rand"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@ var _ hash.Hash = (*quickXorHash)(nil)
 func BenchmarkQuickXorHash(b *testing.B) {
 	b.SetBytes(1 << 20)
 	buf := make([]byte, 1<<20)
-	rand.Read(buf)
+	n, err := rand.Read(buf)
+	require.NoError(b, err)
+	require.Equal(b, len(buf), n)
 	h := New()
 	b.ResetTimer()
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
diff --git a/fstest/fstest.go b/fstest/fstest.go
index 9a3f75753..8a6e9e918 100644
--- a/fstest/fstest.go
+++ b/fstest/fstest.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
-	"math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -52,8 +51,7 @@ var (
 
 // Seed the random number generator
 func init() {
-	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
-
+	_ = random.Seed()
 }
 
 // Initialise rclone for testing
diff --git a/vfs/test_vfs/test_vfs.go b/vfs/test_vfs/test_vfs.go
index 53a8208f1..3e70ce1cb 100644
--- a/vfs/test_vfs/test_vfs.go
+++ b/vfs/test_vfs/test_vfs.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ var (
 
 // Seed the random number generator
 func init() {
-	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
+	_ = random.Seed()
 
 }