diff --git a/middleware/csrf.go b/middleware/csrf.go
index 6899700c7..adf12210b 100644
--- a/middleware/csrf.go
+++ b/middleware/csrf.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
-	"github.com/labstack/gommon/random"
 )
 
 type (
@@ -103,6 +102,7 @@ func CSRFWithConfig(config CSRFConfig) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 	if config.TokenLength == 0 {
 		config.TokenLength = DefaultCSRFConfig.TokenLength
 	}
+
 	if config.TokenLookup == "" {
 		config.TokenLookup = DefaultCSRFConfig.TokenLookup
 	}
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func CSRFWithConfig(config CSRFConfig) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 
 			token := ""
 			if k, err := c.Cookie(config.CookieName); err != nil {
-				token = random.String(config.TokenLength) // Generate token
+				token = randomString(config.TokenLength)
 			} else {
 				token = k.Value // Reuse token
 			}
diff --git a/middleware/csrf_test.go b/middleware/csrf_test.go
index 6bccdbe4d..6b20297ee 100644
--- a/middleware/csrf_test.go
+++ b/middleware/csrf_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
-	"github.com/labstack/gommon/random"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -233,7 +232,7 @@ func TestCSRF(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Error(t, h(c))
 
 	// Valid CSRF token
-	token := random.String(32)
+	token := randomString(32)
 	req.Header.Set(echo.HeaderCookie, "_csrf="+token)
 	req.Header.Set(echo.HeaderXCSRFToken, token)
 	if assert.NoError(t, h(c)) {
diff --git a/middleware/rate_limiter_test.go b/middleware/rate_limiter_test.go
index 0f7c9141d..f66961fe2 100644
--- a/middleware/rate_limiter_test.go
+++ b/middleware/rate_limiter_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
-	"github.com/labstack/gommon/random"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 )
@@ -410,7 +409,7 @@ func TestNewRateLimiterMemoryStore(t *testing.T) {
 func generateAddressList(count int) []string {
 	addrs := make([]string, count)
 	for i := 0; i < count; i++ {
-		addrs[i] = random.String(15)
+		addrs[i] = randomString(15)
 	}
 	return addrs
 }
diff --git a/middleware/request_id.go b/middleware/request_id.go
index 8c5ff6605..e29c8f50d 100644
--- a/middleware/request_id.go
+++ b/middleware/request_id.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package middleware
 
 import (
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
-	"github.com/labstack/gommon/random"
 )
 
 type (
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ type (
 		Skipper Skipper
 
 		// Generator defines a function to generate an ID.
-		// Optional. Default value random.String(32).
+		// Optional. Defaults to generator for random string of length 32.
 		Generator func() string
 
 		// RequestIDHandler defines a function which is executed for a request id.
@@ -73,5 +72,5 @@ func RequestIDWithConfig(config RequestIDConfig) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 }
 
 func generator() string {
-	return random.String(32)
+	return randomString(32)
 }
diff --git a/middleware/util.go b/middleware/util.go
index ab951a0e9..aa34d78f3 100644
--- a/middleware/util.go
+++ b/middleware/util.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package middleware
 
 import (
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -52,3 +54,18 @@ func matchSubdomain(domain, pattern string) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+func randomString(length uint8) string {
+	charset := "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+
+	bytes := make([]byte, length)
+	_, err := rand.Read(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		// we are out of random. let the request fail
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("echo randomString failed to read random bytes: %w", err))
+	}
+	for i, b := range bytes {
+		bytes[i] = charset[b%byte(len(charset))]
+	}
+	return string(bytes)
+}
diff --git a/middleware/util_test.go b/middleware/util_test.go
index df1d26295..7562d4a5f 100644
--- a/middleware/util_test.go
+++ b/middleware/util_test.go
@@ -93,3 +93,27 @@ func Test_matchSubdomain(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, v.expected, matchSubdomain(v.domain, v.pattern))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestRandomString(t *testing.T) {
+	var testCases = []struct {
+		name       string
+		whenLength uint8
+		expect     string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:       "ok, 16",
+			whenLength: 16,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "ok, 32",
+			whenLength: 32,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			uid := randomString(tc.whenLength)
+			assert.Len(t, uid, int(tc.whenLength))
+		})
+	}
+}