diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2c56066c..b9473728 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 homepage = "https://github.com/CDCgov/ixa"
 
 [dependencies]
-fxhash = "^0.2.1"
 rand = "^0.8.5"
 csv = "^1.3.1"
 serde = { version = "^1.0.217", features = ["derive"] }
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.12.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }
 uuid = "1.12.1"
 tower-http = { version = "0.6.2", features = ["full"] }
 mime = "0.3.17"
+rustc-hash = "^2.1.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand_distr = "^0.4.3"
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ ixa_example_births_deaths = { path = "examples/births-deaths" }
 [lints.clippy]
 pedantic = { level = "warn", priority = -1 }
 module-name-repetitions = "allow"
+implicit_hasher = "allow"
 
 [lib]
 # Prevent Cargo from implicitly linking `libtest` for Criterion.rs compatibility.
diff --git a/examples/births-deaths/src/infection_manager.rs b/examples/births-deaths/src/infection_manager.rs
index dffbec19..7ef4aacb 100644
--- a/examples/births-deaths/src/infection_manager.rs
+++ b/examples/births-deaths/src/infection_manager.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ use ixa::global_properties::ContextGlobalPropertiesExt;
 use ixa::people::{ContextPeopleExt, PersonId, PersonPropertyChangeEvent};
 use ixa::plan::PlanId;
 use ixa::random::ContextRandomExt;
+use ixa::{HashMap, HashMapExt, HashSet, HashSetExt};
 use rand_distr::Exp;
-use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 
 define_rng!(InfectionRng);
 define_data_plugin!(
diff --git a/examples/births-deaths/src/parameters_loader.rs b/examples/births-deaths/src/parameters_loader.rs
index 322fb5f9..bd002b02 100644
--- a/examples/births-deaths/src/parameters_loader.rs
+++ b/examples/births-deaths/src/parameters_loader.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ use ixa::context::Context;
 use ixa::define_global_property;
 use ixa::error::IxaError;
 use ixa::global_properties::ContextGlobalPropertiesExt;
+use ixa::HashMap;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::path::Path;
 
diff --git a/examples/load-people/population_loader.rs b/examples/load-people/population_loader.rs
index eb3929c3..4a1eed87 100644
--- a/examples/load-people/population_loader.rs
+++ b/examples/load-people/population_loader.rs
@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_creation_event_access_properties() {
         let flag = Rc::new(RefCell::new(false));
 
-        // Define expected computed values for each person
+        // Define expected computed values for each person. The value for dosage will change for
+        // any change in the deterministic RNG.
         let expected_computed = vec![
-            (20, RiskCategoryValue::Low, VaccineTypeValue::B, 0.8, 1),
-            (80, RiskCategoryValue::High, VaccineTypeValue::A, 0.9, 2),
+            // (age, risk_category, vaccine_type, efficacy, doses)
+            (20, RiskCategoryValue::Low, VaccineTypeValue::B, 0.8, 3),
+            (80, RiskCategoryValue::High, VaccineTypeValue::A, 0.9, 1),
         ];
 
         let mut context = Context::new();
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ mod tests {
                     context.get_person_property(person, VaccineEfficacy),
                     efficacy
                 );
+                // This assert will break for any change that affects the deterministic hasher.
                 assert_eq!(context.get_person_property(person, VaccineDoses), doses);
 
                 *counter.borrow_mut() += 1;
diff --git a/examples/time-varying-infection/exposure_manager.rs b/examples/time-varying-infection/exposure_manager.rs
index 86416952..30572984 100644
--- a/examples/time-varying-infection/exposure_manager.rs
+++ b/examples/time-varying-infection/exposure_manager.rs
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ mod test {
         let hazard_fcn = func!(move |t| foi_t(t, parameters.foi, parameters.foi_sin_shift));
         let survival_fcn = func!(move |t| f64::exp(-integrate(&hazard_fcn, 0.0, t)));
         let theoretical_mean = integrate(&survival_fcn, 0.0, 10000.0); // large enough upper bound
-        assert!((mean - theoretical_mean).abs() < 0.1);
+
+        // This can break with any change that affects the deterministic RNG.
+        assert!((mean - theoretical_mean).abs() < 0.2);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/context.rs b/src/context.rs
index ed074fba..08252f8e 100644
--- a/src/context.rs
+++ b/src/context.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 //!
 //! Defines a `Context` that is intended to provide the foundational mechanism
 //! for storing and manipulating the state of a given simulation.
+use crate::{HashMap, HashMapExt};
 use std::{
     any::{Any, TypeId},
-    collections::{HashMap, VecDeque},
+    collections::VecDeque,
     rc::Rc,
 };
 
diff --git a/src/debugger.rs b/src/debugger.rs
index 12de8bac..e513f75f 100644
--- a/src/debugger.rs
+++ b/src/debugger.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ use crate::IxaError;
 use clap::{ArgMatches, Command, FromArgMatches, Parser, Subcommand};
 use rustyline;
 
+use crate::{HashMap, HashMapExt};
 use log::trace;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io::Write;
 
 trait DebuggerCommand {
diff --git a/src/global_properties.rs b/src/global_properties.rs
index a3dcb6e1..eab4cbbe 100644
--- a/src/global_properties.rs
+++ b/src/global_properties.rs
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@
 //! Global properties can be read with [`Context::get_global_property_value()`]
 use crate::context::Context;
 use crate::error::IxaError;
-use log::trace;
+use crate::trace;
+use crate::{HashMap, HashMapExt};
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use std::any::{Any, TypeId};
 use std::cell::RefCell;
-use std::collections::{hash_map::Entry, HashMap};
+use std::collections::hash_map::Entry;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::fs;
 use std::io::BufReader;
diff --git a/src/hashing.rs b/src/hashing.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..589429c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hashing.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+//! This module provides a deterministic hasher and `HashMap` and `HashSet` variants that use
+//! it. The hashing data structures in the standard library are not deterministic:
+//!
+//! > By default, HashMap uses a hashing algorithm selected to provide
+//! > resistance against HashDoS attacks. The algorithm is randomly seeded, and a
+//! > reasonable best-effort is made to generate this seed from a high quality,
+//! > secure source of randomness provided by the host without blocking the program.
+//!
+//! The standard library `HashMap` has a `new` method, but `HashMap<K, V, S>` does not have a `new`
+//! method by default. Use `HashMap::default()` instead to create a new hashmap with the default
+//! hasher. If you really need to keep the API the same across implementations, we provide the
+//! `HashMapExt` trait extension. Similarly, for `HashSet` and `HashSetExt`.The traits need only be
+//! in scope.
+//!
+//! The `hash_usize` free function is a convenience function used in `crate::random::get_rng`.
+
+pub use rustc_hash::FxHashMap as HashMap;
+pub use rustc_hash::FxHashSet as HashSet;
+use std::hash::Hasher;
+
+/// Provides API parity with `std::collections::HashMap`.
+pub trait HashMapExt {
+    fn new() -> Self;
+}
+
+impl<K, V> HashMapExt for HashMap<K, V> {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        HashMap::default()
+    }
+}
+
+// Note that trait aliases are not yet stabilized in rustc.
+// See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/41517
+/// Provides API parity with `std::collections::HashSet`.
+pub trait HashSetExt {
+    fn new() -> Self;
+}
+
+impl<T> HashSetExt for HashSet<T> {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        HashSet::default()
+    }
+}
+
+/// A convenience method to compute the hash of a `&str`.
+pub fn hash_str(data: &str) -> u64 {
+    let mut hasher = rustc_hash::FxHasher::default();
+    hasher.write(data.as_bytes());
+    hasher.finish()
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index a2e10650..d71bdfc8 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ pub use log::{
 };
 
 pub mod external_api;
+mod hashing;
 pub mod web_api;
 
 // Re-export for macros
@@ -72,6 +73,9 @@ pub use ctor;
 pub use paste;
 pub use rand;
 
+// Deterministic hashing data structures
+pub use crate::hashing::{HashMap, HashMapExt, HashSet, HashSetExt};
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use assert_cmd::cargo::CargoError;
diff --git a/src/log.rs b/src/log.rs
index 8634db45..e91007a1 100644
--- a/src/log.rs
+++ b/src/log.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 pub use log::{debug, error, info, trace, warn, LevelFilter};
 
+use crate::HashMap;
 use log4rs;
 use log4rs::append::console::ConsoleAppender;
 use log4rs::config::runtime::ConfigBuilder;
@@ -49,7 +50,6 @@ use log4rs::config::{Appender, Logger, Root};
 use log4rs::encode::pattern::PatternEncoder;
 use log4rs::{Config, Handle};
 use std::collections::hash_map::Entry;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::LazyLock;
 use std::sync::{Mutex, MutexGuard};
 
diff --git a/src/network.rs b/src/network.rs
index ccc88231..c7579ece 100644
--- a/src/network.rs
+++ b/src/network.rs
@@ -5,15 +5,13 @@
 //! arbitrary number of outgoing edges of a given type, with each edge
 //! having a weight. Edge types can also specify their own per-type
 //! data which will be stored along with the edge.
+use crate::HashMap;
 use crate::{
     context::Context, define_data_plugin, error::IxaError, people::PersonId,
     random::ContextRandomExt, random::RngId,
 };
 use rand::Rng;
-use std::{
-    any::{Any, TypeId},
-    collections::HashMap,
-};
+use std::any::{Any, TypeId};
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
 /// An edge in network graph. Edges are directed, so the
diff --git a/src/people/context_extension.rs b/src/people/context_extension.rs
index d9aea92f..eb34d5a6 100644
--- a/src/people/context_extension.rs
+++ b/src/people/context_extension.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ use crate::{
     Context, ContextRandomExt, IxaError, PersonCreatedEvent, PersonId, PersonProperty,
     PersonPropertyChangeEvent, RngId, Tabulator,
 };
+use crate::{HashMap, HashMapExt, HashSet, HashSetExt};
 use rand::Rng;
 use std::any::TypeId;
 use std::cell::Ref;
-use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 
 use crate::people::methods::Methods;
 
diff --git a/src/people/data.rs b/src/people/data.rs
index 76a1a5e6..2bc1e349 100644
--- a/src/people/data.rs
+++ b/src/people/data.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ use crate::people::index::Index;
 use crate::people::methods::Methods;
 use crate::people::InitializationList;
 use crate::{Context, IxaError, PersonId, PersonProperty, PersonPropertyChangeEvent};
+use crate::{HashMap, HashSet, HashSetExt};
 use std::any::{Any, TypeId};
 use std::cell::{Ref, RefCell, RefMut};
-use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 
 type ContextCallback = dyn FnOnce(&mut Context);
 
diff --git a/src/people/external_api.rs b/src/people/external_api.rs
index f45dcb3f..3d8192c2 100644
--- a/src/people/external_api.rs
+++ b/src/people/external_api.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-use std::any::TypeId;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-
 use crate::people::ContextPeopleExt;
 use crate::people::PeoplePlugin;
 use crate::Context;
 use crate::IxaError;
 use crate::PersonId;
+use crate::{HashMap, HashMapExt};
+use std::any::TypeId;
 
 pub(crate) trait ContextPeopleExtCrate {
     fn get_person_property_by_name(
diff --git a/src/people/index.rs b/src/people/index.rs
index 615506e5..6f96791d 100644
--- a/src/people/index.rs
+++ b/src/people/index.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use super::methods::Methods;
 use crate::{Context, ContextPeopleExt, PersonId, PersonProperty};
+use crate::{HashMap, HashSet, HashSetExt};
 use bincode::serialize;
 use serde::Serialize;
-use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Debug)]
 // The lookup key for entries in the index. This is a serialized version of the value.
diff --git a/src/people/mod.rs b/src/people/mod.rs
index 45c4c7c1..bea6ab9c 100644
--- a/src/people/mod.rs
+++ b/src/people/mod.rs
@@ -88,15 +88,12 @@ pub use property::{
     PersonProperty,
 };
 
+use crate::{HashMap, HashMapExt, HashSet, HashSetExt};
 use seq_macro::seq;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter};
-use std::{
-    any::TypeId,
-    collections::{HashMap, HashSet},
-    hash::Hash,
-};
+use std::{any::TypeId, hash::Hash};
 
 define_data_plugin!(
     PeoplePlugin,
diff --git a/src/plan.rs b/src/plan.rs
index 8c5f2fbf..fafe26a4 100644
--- a/src/plan.rs
+++ b/src/plan.rs
@@ -9,11 +9,9 @@
 //! This queue is used by `Context` to store future events where some callback
 //! closure `FnOnce(&mut Context)` will be executed at a given point in time.
 
-use log::trace;
-use std::{
-    cmp::Ordering,
-    collections::{BinaryHeap, HashMap},
-};
+use crate::trace;
+use crate::{HashMap, HashMapExt};
+use std::{cmp::Ordering, collections::BinaryHeap};
 
 /// A priority queue that stores arbitrary data sorted by time
 ///
diff --git a/src/random.rs b/src/random.rs
index 2f0c6c8c..4c5dd98c 100644
--- a/src/random.rs
+++ b/src/random.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 use crate::context::Context;
+use crate::hashing::hash_str;
+use crate::{HashMap, HashMapExt};
 use log::trace;
 use rand::distributions::uniform::{SampleRange, SampleUniform};
 use rand::distributions::WeightedIndex;
@@ -6,7 +8,6 @@ use rand::prelude::Distribution;
 use rand::{Rng, SeedableRng};
 use std::any::{Any, TypeId};
 use std::cell::{RefCell, RefMut};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 /// Use this to define a unique type which will be used as a key to retrieve
 /// an independent rng instance when calling `.get_rng`.
@@ -86,9 +87,11 @@ fn get_rng<R: RngId + 'static>(context: &Context) -> RefMut<R::RngType> {
                     TypeId::of::<R>()
                 );
                 let base_seed = data_container.base_seed;
-                let seed_offset = fxhash::hash64(R::get_name());
+                let seed_offset = hash_str(R::get_name());
                 RngHolder {
-                    rng: Box::new(R::RngType::seed_from_u64(base_seed + seed_offset)),
+                    rng: Box::new(R::RngType::seed_from_u64(
+                        base_seed.wrapping_add(seed_offset),
+                    )),
                 }
             })
             .rng
@@ -279,7 +282,9 @@ mod test {
     fn sampler_function_closure_capture() {
         let mut context = Context::new();
         context.init_random(42);
-        // Initialize weighted sampler
+
+        // Initialize weighted sampler. Zero is selected with probability 1/3, one with a
+        // probability of 2/3.
         *context.get_data_container_mut(SamplerData) = WeightedIndex::new(vec![1.0, 2.0]).unwrap();
 
         let parameters = context.get_data_container(SamplerData).unwrap();
@@ -291,7 +296,8 @@ mod test {
                 zero_counter += 1;
             }
         }
-        assert!((zero_counter - 1000_i32).abs() < 30);
+        // The expected value of `zero_counter` is 1000.
+        assert!((zero_counter - 1000_i32).abs() < 100);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -299,7 +305,8 @@ mod test {
         let mut context = Context::new();
         context.init_random(42);
 
-        // Initialize weighted sampler
+        // Initialize weighted sampler. Zero is selected with probability 1/3, one with a
+        // probability of 2/3.
         *context.get_data_container_mut(SamplerData) = WeightedIndex::new(vec![1.0, 2.0]).unwrap();
 
         let parameters = context.get_data_container(SamplerData).unwrap();
@@ -311,7 +318,8 @@ mod test {
                 zero_counter += 1;
             }
         }
-        assert!((zero_counter - 1000_i32).abs() < 30);
+        // The expected value of `zero_counter` is 1000.
+        assert!((zero_counter - 1000_i32).abs() < 100);
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/report.rs b/src/report.rs
index 41a2518d..5ac9bf55 100644
--- a/src/report.rs
+++ b/src/report.rs
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ use crate::error::IxaError;
 use crate::people::ContextPeopleExt;
 use crate::Tabulator;
 use crate::{error, trace};
+use crate::{HashMap, HashMapExt};
 use csv::Writer;
 use serde::Serializer;
 use std::any::TypeId;
 use std::cell::{RefCell, RefMut};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::env;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ impl ContextReportExt for Context {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use crate::define_person_property_with_default;
+    use crate::{define_person_property_with_default, info};
 
     use super::*;
     use core::convert::TryInto;
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ mod test {
         let mut context2 = Context::new();
         let config = context2.report_options();
         config.file_prefix("prefix1_".to_string()).directory(path);
+        info!("The next 'file already exists' error is intended for a passing test.");
         let result = context2.add_report::<SampleReport>("sample_report");
         assert!(result.is_err());
         let error = result.err().unwrap();
diff --git a/src/web_api.rs b/src/web_api.rs
index 2c7d6fc0..cbd1bf56 100644
--- a/src/web_api.rs
+++ b/src/web_api.rs
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ use crate::error::IxaError;
 use crate::external_api::{
     global_properties, next, people, population, run_ext_api, time, EmptyArgs,
 };
+use crate::{HashMap, HashMapExt};
 use axum::extract::{Json, Path, State};
 use axum::response::Redirect;
 use axum::routing::get;
 use axum::{http::StatusCode, routing::post, Router};
 use rand::RngCore;
 use serde_json::json;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::thread;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 use tokio::sync::oneshot;