diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 0779e8a..dab5d2a 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ indent_style = tab
 [*.{f,f.txt}]
 indent_style = space
 indent_size = 2
-insert_final_newline = false
 
 # Set properties for shell files:
 [*.{sh,sh.txt}]
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3b5b6d0..0e2f6fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 <section class="release" id="unreleased">
 
-## Unreleased (2025-01-12)
+## Unreleased (2025-02-08)
 
 <section class="commits">
 
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 <details>
 
+-   [`fa15161`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/fa15161761664bbdd2123292d3f1d7cf2d0f0a6d) - **bench:** refactor random number generation in `stats/base/dists/frechet` [(#4922)](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/pull/4922) _(by Karan Anand, stdlib-bot)_
 -   [`27bcbf6`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/27bcbf6b931385008c1210cddb77be5c86b6d94c) - **chore:** directly draw from desired distribution and tweak ranges _(by Philipp Burckhardt)_
 -   [`4a70790`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/4a707903dfef7c2b56216000165706497d19a251) - **style:** add missing spaces _(by Philipp Burckhardt)_
 
@@ -25,8 +26,9 @@
 
 ### Contributors
 
-A total of 1 person contributed to this release. Thank you to this contributor:
+A total of 2 people contributed to this release. Thank you to the following contributors:
 
+-   Karan Anand
 -   Philipp Burckhardt
 
 </section>
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 92d7552..bbccf30 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Daniel Killenberger <daniel.killenberger@gmail.com>
 Daniel Yu <40680511+Daniel777y@users.noreply.github.com>
 Debashis Maharana <debashismaharana7854@gmail.com>
 Desh Deepak Kant <118960904+DeshDeepakKant@users.noreply.github.com>
+Dev Goel <135586571+corsairier@users.noreply.github.com>
 Dhruv Arvind Singh <154677013+DhruvArvindSingh@users.noreply.github.com>
 Divyansh Seth <59174836+sethdivyansh@users.noreply.github.com>
 Dominic Lim <46486515+domlimm@users.noreply.github.com>
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ Marcus Fantham <mfantham@users.noreply.github.com>
 Matt Cochrane <matthew.cochrane.eng@gmail.com>
 Mihir Pandit <129577900+MSP20086@users.noreply.github.com>
 Milan Raj <rajsite@users.noreply.github.com>
+Mohammad Bin Aftab <48010758+MohammadBinAftab@users.noreply.github.com>
 Mohammad Kaif <mdkaifprofession@gmail.com>
 Momtchil Momtchev <momtchil@momtchev.com>
 Muhammad Haris <harriskhan047@outlook.com>
@@ -124,5 +126,6 @@ Xiaochuan Ye <tap91624@gmail.com>
 Yaswanth Kosuru <116426380+yaswanthkosuru@users.noreply.github.com>
 Yernar Yergaziyev <yernar.yergaziyev@erg.kz>
 olenkabilonizhka <62379231+olenkabilonizhka@users.noreply.github.com>
+pranav-1720 <123018993+pranav-1720@users.noreply.github.com>
 rainn <88160429+AmCodesLame@users.noreply.github.com>
 rei2hu <reimu@reimu.ws>
diff --git a/benchmark/benchmark.js b/benchmark/benchmark.js
index 6506817..9256894 100644
--- a/benchmark/benchmark.js
+++ b/benchmark/benchmark.js
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 // MODULES //
 
 var bench = require( '@stdlib/bench-harness' );
-var randu = require( '@stdlib/random-base-randu' );
+var Float64Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float64' );
+var uniform = require( '@stdlib/random-base-uniform' );
 var isnan = require( '@stdlib/math-base-assert-is-nan' );
 var EPS = require( '@stdlib/constants-float64-eps' );
 var pkg = require( './../package.json' ).name;
@@ -32,17 +33,25 @@ var mean = require( './../lib' );
 
 bench( pkg, function benchmark( b ) {
 	var alpha;
+	var len;
 	var m;
 	var s;
 	var y;
 	var i;
 
+	len = 100;
+	alpha = new Float64Array( len );
+	s = new Float64Array( len );
+	m = new Float64Array( len );
+	for ( i = 0; i < len; i++ ) {
+		alpha[ i ] = uniform( EPS, 20.0 );
+		s[ i ] = uniform( EPS, 20.0 );
+		m[ i ] = uniform( -20.0, 20.0 );
+	}
+
 	b.tic();
 	for ( i = 0; i < b.iterations; i++ ) {
-		alpha = ( randu()*20.0 ) + EPS;
-		s = ( randu()*20.0 ) + EPS;
-		m = ( randu()*40.0 ) - 20.0;
-		y = mean( alpha, s, m );
+		y = mean( alpha[ i % len ], s[ i % len ], m[ i % len ] );
 		if ( isnan( y ) ) {
 			b.fail( 'should not return NaN' );
 		}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 588ccf2..38e0c16 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,10 +42,12 @@
     "@stdlib/math-base-special-gamma": "^0.3.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@stdlib/array-float64": "^0.2.2",
     "@stdlib/constants-float64-eps": "^0.2.2",
     "@stdlib/constants-float64-ninf": "^0.2.2",
     "@stdlib/math-base-special-abs": "^0.2.2",
     "@stdlib/random-base-randu": "^0.2.1",
+    "@stdlib/random-base-uniform": "^0.2.1",
     "tape": "git+https://github.com/kgryte/tape.git#fix/globby",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.1",
     "tap-min": "git+https://github.com/Planeshifter/tap-min.git",