diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d441e35a..f13307f0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ google-cloud-aiplatform =  { version = "1.34.0", optional = true}
 sagemaker = {version = ">= 2.197.0", optional = true}
 boto3 = {version = "1.28.64", optional = true}
 
-Faker = ">= 24.4.0"
-
 [tool.poetry.extras]
 gpu = ["dask-cuda"]
 
diff --git a/src/fondant/dataset/dataset.py b/src/fondant/dataset/dataset.py
index 464c33a1..f680db57 100644
--- a/src/fondant/dataset/dataset.py
+++ b/src/fondant/dataset/dataset.py
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
 except ImportError:
     from importlib_resources import files  # type: ignore
 
+import random
+
 import pyarrow as pa
-from faker import Faker
 
 from fondant.component import BaseComponent
 from fondant.core.component_spec import ComponentSpec, OperationSpec
@@ -535,8 +536,7 @@ def create(
             An intermediate dataset.
         """
         if dataset_name is None:
-            fake = Faker()
-            dataset_name = f"{fake.word()}-{fake.word()}"
+            dataset_name = f"dataset-{random.randint(1, 100)}"  # nosec B311
 
         operation = ComponentOp.from_ref(
             ref,
diff --git a/src/fondant/dataset/runner.py b/src/fondant/dataset/runner.py
index 5b567751..9fe4935f 100644
--- a/src/fondant/dataset/runner.py
+++ b/src/fondant/dataset/runner.py
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ def check_docker_install():
                 .decode("utf-8")
             )
             docker_version = DockerRunner._versionify(res)
-
+            print("Docker version:")
+            print(docker_version)
             if docker_version <= (20, 10, 0):
                 sys.exit(
                     "Docker version is not compatible. Please make sure "