diff --git a/cmd/vclusterctl/cmd/platform/reset.go b/cmd/vclusterctl/cmd/platform/reset.go
index e215543fd..370fbeb08 100644
--- a/cmd/vclusterctl/cmd/platform/reset.go
+++ b/cmd/vclusterctl/cmd/platform/reset.go
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	storagev1 "github.com/loft-sh/api/v4/pkg/apis/storage/v1"
-	"github.com/loft-sh/loftctl/v4/pkg/random"
 	"github.com/loft-sh/log"
 	"github.com/loft-sh/log/survey"
 	"github.com/loft-sh/vcluster/pkg/cli/flags"
 	"github.com/loft-sh/vcluster/pkg/platform/kube"
+	"github.com/loft-sh/vcluster/pkg/platform/random"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (cmd *PasswordCmd) Run() error {
 					"system:masters",
 				},
 				PasswordRef: &storagev1.SecretRef{
-					SecretName:      "loft-password-" + random.RandomString(5),
+					SecretName:      "loft-password-" + random.String(5),
 					SecretNamespace: "loft",
 					Key:             "password",
 				},
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func (cmd *PasswordCmd) Run() error {
 		}
 
 		user.Spec.PasswordRef = &storagev1.SecretRef{
-			SecretName:      "loft-password-" + random.RandomString(5),
+			SecretName:      "loft-password-" + random.String(5),
 			SecretNamespace: "loft",
 			Key:             "password",
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/platform/random/random.go b/pkg/platform/random/random.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfefb2ffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/platform/random/random.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package random
+
+import (
+	"math/rand"
+)
+
+var letterRunes = []rune("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")
+
+// String creates a new random string with the given length
+func String(length int) string {
+	b := make([]rune, length)
+	for i := range b {
+		b[i] = letterRunes[rand.Intn(len(letterRunes))]
+	}
+	return string(b)
+}