diff --git a/changelog/fragments/1724253791-replace-math-rand-with-math-rand-v2.yaml b/changelog/fragments/1724253791-replace-math-rand-with-math-rand-v2.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82753156b7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/fragments/1724253791-replace-math-rand-with-math-rand-v2.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Kind can be one of:
+# - breaking-change: a change to previously-documented behavior
+# - deprecation: functionality that is being removed in a later release
+# - bug-fix: fixes a problem in a previous version
+# - enhancement: extends functionality but does not break or fix existing behavior
+# - feature: new functionality
+# - known-issue: problems that we are aware of in a given version
+# - security: impacts on the security of a product or a user’s deployment.
+# - upgrade: important information for someone upgrading from a prior version
+# - other: does not fit into any of the other categories
+kind: feature
+
+# Change summary; a 80ish characters long description of the change.
+summary: replace math/rand with math/rand/v2
+
+# Long description; in case the summary is not enough to describe the change
+# this field accommodate a description without length limits.
+# NOTE: This field will be rendered only for breaking-change and known-issue kinds at the moment.
+#description:
+
+# Affected component; usually one of "elastic-agent", "fleet-server", "filebeat", "metricbeat", "auditbeat", "all", etc.
+component: all
+
+# PR URL; optional; the PR number that added the changeset.
+# If not present is automatically filled by the tooling finding the PR where this changelog fragment has been added.
+# NOTE: the tooling supports backports, so it's able to fill the original PR number instead of the backport PR number.
+# Please provide it if you are adding a fragment for a different PR.
+pr: https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/5336
+
+# Issue URL; optional; the GitHub issue related to this changeset (either closes or is part of).
+# If not present is automatically filled by the tooling with the issue linked to the PR number.
+issue: https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/5335
diff --git a/internal/pkg/agent/application/upgrade/artifact/download/http/verifier_test.go b/internal/pkg/agent/application/upgrade/artifact/download/http/verifier_test.go
index 663147ba0a3..20e44a78b69 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/agent/application/upgrade/artifact/download/http/verifier_test.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/agent/application/upgrade/artifact/download/http/verifier_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package http
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"math/rand"
+	"math/rand/v2"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"net/url"
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ func runTests(t *testing.T, testCases []testCase, config *artifact.Config, log *
 func getRandomTestCases() []testCase {
 	tt := getTestCases()
 
-	first := rand.Intn(len(tt))
-	second := rand.Intn(len(tt))
+	first := rand.IntN(len(tt))
+	second := rand.IntN(len(tt))
 
 	return []testCase{
 		tt[first],
diff --git a/internal/pkg/agent/application/upgrade/marker_access_test.go b/internal/pkg/agent/application/upgrade/marker_access_test.go
index 21f1488ac1d..a32046552db 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/agent/application/upgrade/marker_access_test.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/agent/application/upgrade/marker_access_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"math/rand"
+	"math/rand/v2"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sync"
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func randomBytes(length int) []byte {
 
 	var b []byte
 	for i := 0; i < length; i++ {
-		rune := chars[rand.Intn(len(chars))]
+		rune := chars[rand.IntN(len(chars))]
 		b = append(b, byte(rune))
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/pkg/agent/cmd/enroll_cmd.go b/internal/pkg/agent/cmd/enroll_cmd.go
index bbfa3be1f4a..6c1438cb6df 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/agent/cmd/enroll_cmd.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/agent/cmd/enroll_cmd.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"math/rand"
+	"math/rand/v2"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ func yamlToReader(in interface{}) (io.Reader, error) {
 }
 
 func delay(ctx context.Context, d time.Duration) {
-	t := time.NewTimer(time.Duration(rand.Int63n(int64(d))))
+	t := time.NewTimer(rand.N(d))
 	defer t.Stop()
 	select {
 	case <-ctx.Done():
diff --git a/internal/pkg/core/backoff/equal_jitter.go b/internal/pkg/core/backoff/equal_jitter.go
index 671201f5892..8436af645eb 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/core/backoff/equal_jitter.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/core/backoff/equal_jitter.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 package backoff
 
 import (
-	"math/rand"
+	"math/rand/v2"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func NewEqualJitterBackoff(done <-chan struct{}, init, max time.Duration) Backof
 		done:     done,
 		init:     init,
 		max:      max,
-		nextRand: time.Duration(rand.Int63n(int64(init))), //nolint:gosec
+		nextRand: time.Duration(rand.N(init)),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (b *EqualJitterBackoff) Wait() bool {
 	backoff := b.NextWait()
 
 	// increase duration for next wait.
-	b.nextRand = time.Duration(rand.Int63n(int64(b.duration)))
+	b.nextRand = rand.N(b.duration)
 	b.duration *= 2
 	if b.duration > b.max {
 		b.duration = b.max
diff --git a/internal/pkg/remote/client.go b/internal/pkg/remote/client.go
index 991b7ed55e2..50faf1cd2c7 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/remote/client.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/remote/client.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"math/rand"
+	"math/rand/v2"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"sort"
diff --git a/internal/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go b/internal/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
index c4c9b9d55eb..de5ee3c4581 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 package scheduler
 
 import (
-	"math/rand"
+	"math/rand/v2"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -129,6 +129,5 @@ func (p *PeriodicJitter) Stop() {
 }
 
 func (p *PeriodicJitter) delay() time.Duration {
-	t := int64(p.variance)
-	return time.Duration(rand.Int63n(t))
+	return rand.N(p.variance)
 }
diff --git a/magefile.go b/magefile.go
index 8106031c0a2..1203d319901 100644
--- a/magefile.go
+++ b/magefile.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"html/template"
 	"log"
-	"math/rand"
+	"math/rand/v2"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 98580c51c5b..de511ac3957 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"math/rand"
 	"os"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/internal/pkg/agent/cmd"
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pkg/core/process"
@@ -36,7 +34,6 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	defer pj.Close()
 
-	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
 	command := cmd.NewCommand()
 	err = command.Execute()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/testing/integration/install_test.go b/testing/integration/install_test.go
index f2159752943..f9fae0046fc 100644
--- a/testing/integration/install_test.go
+++ b/testing/integration/install_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ package integration
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"math/rand"
+	"math/rand/v2"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
@@ -334,12 +334,11 @@ func TestRepeatedInstallUninstall(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func randStr(length int) string {
-	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
 	var letters = []rune("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")
 
 	runes := make([]rune, length)
 	for i := range runes {
-		runes[i] = letters[rand.Intn(len(letters))]
+		runes[i] = letters[rand.IntN(len(letters))]
 	}
 
 	return string(runes)