diff --git a/examples/statistics/hist.py b/examples/statistics/hist.py
index 5fd409911c89..68277b52f183 100644
--- a/examples/statistics/hist.py
+++ b/examples/statistics/hist.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from matplotlib.ticker import PercentFormatter
 
 # Fixing random state for reproducibility
-np.random.seed(19680801)
+rng = np.random.default_rng(seed=19680801)
 
 
 ###############################################################################
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 n_bins = 20
 
 # Generate a normal distribution, center at x=0 and y=5
-x = np.random.randn(N_points)
-y = .4 * x + np.random.randn(100000) + 5
+x = rng.standard_normal(N_points)
+y = .4 * x + rng.standard_normal(100000) + 5
 
 fig, axs = plt.subplots(1, 2, sharey=True, tight_layout=True)