diff --git a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/ConnectionPool/State Machine/HTTPConnectionPool+Backoff.swift b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/ConnectionPool/State Machine/HTTPConnectionPool+Backoff.swift
index 71d8f15f1..e2ef564a5 100644
--- a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/ConnectionPool/State Machine/HTTPConnectionPool+Backoff.swift	
+++ b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/ConnectionPool/State Machine/HTTPConnectionPool+Backoff.swift	
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ extension HTTPConnectionPool {
         // Calculate a 3% jitter range
         let jitterRange = (backoff.nanoseconds / 100) * 3
         // Pick a random element from the range +/- jitter range.
-        let jitter: TimeAmount = .nanoseconds((-jitterRange...jitterRange).randomElement()!)
+        let jitter: TimeAmount = .nanoseconds(Int64.random(in: -jitterRange...jitterRange))
         let jitteredBackoff = backoff + jitter
         return jitteredBackoff
     }