diff --git a/api/apikey/apikey.go b/api/apikey/apikey.go
index 8302e6b73..41b38f17a 100644
--- a/api/apikey/apikey.go
+++ b/api/apikey/apikey.go
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package apikey
 
 import (
-	"crypto/rand"
-	"io"
-
 	portainer "github.com/portainer/portainer/api"
 )
 
@@ -18,13 +15,3 @@ type APIKeyService interface {
 	DeleteAPIKey(apiKeyID portainer.APIKeyID) error
 	InvalidateUserKeyCache(userId portainer.UserID) bool
 }
-
-// generateRandomKey generates a random key of specified length
-// source: https://github.com/gorilla/securecookie/blob/master/securecookie.go#L515
-func generateRandomKey(length int) []byte {
-	k := make([]byte, length)
-	if _, err := io.ReadFull(rand.Reader, k); err != nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return k
-}
diff --git a/api/apikey/apikey_test.go b/api/apikey/apikey_test.go
index dc154bab3..b41329f72 100644
--- a/api/apikey/apikey_test.go
+++ b/api/apikey/apikey_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package apikey
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/portainer/portainer/api/internal/securecookie"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ func Test_generateRandomKey(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got := generateRandomKey(tt.wantLenth)
+			got := securecookie.GenerateRandomKey(tt.wantLenth)
 			is.Equal(tt.wantLenth, len(got))
 		})
 	}
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ func Test_generateRandomKey(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("Generated keys are unique", func(t *testing.T) {
 		keys := make(map[string]bool)
 		for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
-			key := generateRandomKey(8)
+			key := securecookie.GenerateRandomKey(8)
 			_, ok := keys[string(key)]
 			is.False(ok)
 			keys[string(key)] = true
diff --git a/api/apikey/service.go b/api/apikey/service.go
index 742bc7bc1..b60efaf9c 100644
--- a/api/apikey/service.go
+++ b/api/apikey/service.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	portainer "github.com/portainer/portainer/api"
 	"github.com/portainer/portainer/api/dataservices"
+	"github.com/portainer/portainer/api/internal/securecookie"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ func (a *apiKeyService) HashRaw(rawKey string) []byte {
 // GenerateApiKey generates a raw API key for a user (for one-time display).
 // The generated API key is stored in the cache and database.
 func (a *apiKeyService) GenerateApiKey(user portainer.User, description string) (string, *portainer.APIKey, error) {
-	randKey := generateRandomKey(32)
+	randKey := securecookie.GenerateRandomKey(32)
 	encodedRawAPIKey := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(randKey)
 	prefixedAPIKey := portainerAPIKeyPrefix + encodedRawAPIKey
 
diff --git a/api/go.mod b/api/go.mod
index b0cb53852..e6390e92e 100644
--- a/api/go.mod
+++ b/api/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
 	github.com/gorilla/handlers v1.5.1
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
-	github.com/gorilla/securecookie v1.1.1
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.4
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.4.0
diff --git a/api/go.sum b/api/go.sum
index c41426a5e..c284b933a 100644
--- a/api/go.sum
+++ b/api/go.sum
@@ -203,8 +203,6 @@ github.com/gorilla/handlers v1.5.1 h1:9lRY6j8DEeeBT10CvO9hGW0gmky0BprnvDI5vfhUHH
 github.com/gorilla/handlers v1.5.1/go.mod h1:t8XrUpc4KVXb7HGyJ4/cEnwQiaxrX/hz1Zv/4g96P1Q=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0 h1:i40aqfkR1h2SlN9hojwV5ZA91wcXFOvkdNIeFDP5koI=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0/go.mod h1:DVbg23sWSpFRCP0SfiEN6jmj59UnW/n46BH5rLB71So=
-github.com/gorilla/securecookie v1.1.1 h1:miw7JPhV+b/lAHSXz4qd/nN9jRiAFV5FwjeKyCS8BvQ=
-github.com/gorilla/securecookie v1.1.1/go.mod h1:ra0sb63/xPlUeL+yeDciTfxMRAA+MP+HVt/4epWDjd4=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0 h1:PPwGk2jz7EePpoHN/+ClbZu8SPxiqlu12wZP/3sWmnc=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
diff --git a/api/internal/securecookie/securecookie.go b/api/internal/securecookie/securecookie.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..263171504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/internal/securecookie/securecookie.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package securecookie
+
+import (
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"io"
+)
+
+// GenerateRandomKey generates a random key of specified length
+// source: https://github.com/gorilla/securecookie/blob/master/securecookie.go#L515
+func GenerateRandomKey(length int) []byte {
+	k := make([]byte, length)
+	if _, err := io.ReadFull(rand.Reader, k); err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return k
+}
diff --git a/api/jwt/jwt.go b/api/jwt/jwt.go
index d0e804378..4ae0f1820 100644
--- a/api/jwt/jwt.go
+++ b/api/jwt/jwt.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/portainer/portainer/api/dataservices"
 
 	"github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4"
-	"github.com/gorilla/securecookie"
+	"github.com/portainer/portainer/api/internal/securecookie"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 )