diff --git a/JenkinsfilePerformance b/JenkinsfilePerformance
index 0554ecab3..cd6f8c511 100644
--- a/JenkinsfilePerformance
+++ b/JenkinsfilePerformance
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ pipeline {
                                             'ibm.jceplus.jmh.PBEBenchmark', \
                                             'ibm.jceplus.jmh.PBKDF2Benchmark', \
                                             'ibm.jceplus.jmh.RandomBenchmark', \
+                                            'ibm.jceplus.jmh.RandomNewInstanceBenchmark', \
                                             'ibm.jceplus.jmh.RSACipherBenchmark', \
                                             'ibm.jceplus.jmh.RSAKeyGeneratorBenchmark', \
                                             'ibm.jceplus.jmh.RSASignatureBenchmark', \
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ibm/crypto/plus/provider/base/ExtendedRandom.java b/src/main/java/com/ibm/crypto/plus/provider/base/ExtendedRandom.java
index 1d9821abd..db1380097 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/ibm/crypto/plus/provider/base/ExtendedRandom.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ibm/crypto/plus/provider/base/ExtendedRandom.java
@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@ public final class ExtendedRandom {
 
     private OpenJCEPlusProvider provider;
     private NativeInterface nativeInterface;
-    final long ockPRNGContextId;
+    private final String algName;
+
+    long ockPRNGContextId;
+    private boolean usingSharedContext = true;
+
+    private static final ThreadLocal<PRNGContextPointer> prngContextBufferSha256 = new ThreadLocal<PRNGContextPointer>();
+    private static final ThreadLocal<PRNGContextPointer> prngContextBufferSha512 = new ThreadLocal<PRNGContextPointer>();
 
     public static ExtendedRandom getInstance(String algName, OpenJCEPlusProvider provider)
             throws OCKException {
@@ -32,11 +38,35 @@ public static ExtendedRandom getInstance(String algName, OpenJCEPlusProvider pro
     }
 
     private ExtendedRandom(String algName, OpenJCEPlusProvider provider) throws OCKException {
+        this.algName = algName;
         this.provider = provider;
         this.nativeInterface = provider.isFIPS() ? NativeOCKAdapterFIPS.getInstance() : NativeOCKAdapterNonFIPS.getInstance();
-        this.ockPRNGContextId = this.nativeInterface.EXTRAND_create(algName);
+        this.ockPRNGContextId = getPRNGContext(algName);
+    }
+
+    private long getPRNGContext(String algName) throws OCKException {
+        PRNGContextPointer prngCtx = null;
+        ThreadLocal<PRNGContextPointer> prngCtxBuffer = null;
+
+        switch (algName) {
+            case "SHA256":
+                prngCtxBuffer = prngContextBufferSha256;
+                break;
+            case "SHA512":
+                prngCtxBuffer = prngContextBufferSha512;
+                break;
+            default:
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                        "Unsupported HASHDRBG algorithm: " + algName);
+        }
 
-        this.provider.registerCleanable(this, cleanOCKResources(ockPRNGContextId, nativeInterface));
+        prngCtx = prngCtxBuffer.get();
+        if (prngCtx == null) {
+            prngCtx = new PRNGContextPointer(algName, this.nativeInterface, this.provider);
+            prngCtxBuffer.set(prngCtx);
+        }
+
+        return prngCtx.getCtx();
     }
 
     public synchronized void nextBytes(byte[] bytes) throws OCKException {
@@ -55,11 +85,24 @@ public synchronized void setSeed(byte[] seed) throws OCKException {
         }
 
         if (seed.length > 0) {
+            createNonSharedContextForReSeed();
             this.nativeInterface.EXTRAND_setSeed(ockPRNGContextId, seed);
         }
     }
 
-    private Runnable cleanOCKResources(long ockPRNGContextId, NativeInterface nativeInterface) {
+    private void createNonSharedContextForReSeed() throws OCKException {
+        if (!usingSharedContext) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        long privateCtx = this.nativeInterface.EXTRAND_create(algName);
+        this.ockPRNGContextId = privateCtx;
+        this.usingSharedContext = false;
+
+        this.provider.registerCleanable(this, cleanNonSharedOCKResources(privateCtx, nativeInterface));
+    }
+
+    private static Runnable cleanNonSharedOCKResources(long ockPRNGContextId, NativeInterface nativeInterface) {
         return () -> {
             try {
                 if (ockPRNGContextId != 0) {
@@ -67,10 +110,38 @@ private Runnable cleanOCKResources(long ockPRNGContextId, NativeInterface native
                 }
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 if (OpenJCEPlusProvider.getDebug() != null) {
-                    OpenJCEPlusProvider.getDebug().println("An error occurred while cleaning : " + e.getMessage());
+                    OpenJCEPlusProvider.getDebug().println("An error occurred while cleaning: " + e.getMessage());
                     e.printStackTrace();
                 }
             }
         };
     }
+
+    private static final class PRNGContextPointer {
+        final long prngCtx;
+
+        PRNGContextPointer(String algName, NativeInterface nativeInterface, OpenJCEPlusProvider provider) throws OCKException {
+            this.prngCtx = nativeInterface.EXTRAND_create(algName);
+            provider.registerCleanable(this, cleanOCKResources(this.prngCtx, nativeInterface));
+        }
+
+        long getCtx() {
+            return this.prngCtx;
+        }
+
+        private static Runnable cleanOCKResources(long ockPRNGContextId, NativeInterface nativeInterface) {
+            return () -> {
+                try {
+                    if (ockPRNGContextId != 0) {
+                        nativeInterface.EXTRAND_delete(ockPRNGContextId);
+                    }
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    if (OpenJCEPlusProvider.getDebug() != null) {
+                        OpenJCEPlusProvider.getDebug().println("An error occurred while cleaning : " + e.getMessage());
+                        e.printStackTrace();
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/ibm/jceplus/jmh/RandomNewInstanceBenchmark.java b/src/test/java/ibm/jceplus/jmh/RandomNewInstanceBenchmark.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22970e380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/ibm/jceplus/jmh/RandomNewInstanceBenchmark.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright IBM Corp. 2026, 2026
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms provided by IBM in the LICENSE file that accompanied
+ * this code, including the "Classpath" Exception described therein.
+ */
+
+package ibm.jceplus.jmh;
+
+import java.security.SecureRandom;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.BenchmarkMode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Measurement;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Mode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.OutputTimeUnit;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Param;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Setup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Warmup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.Runner;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.RunnerException;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.options.Options;
+
+@BenchmarkMode(Mode.Throughput)
+@OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+@State(Scope.Benchmark)
+@Warmup(iterations = 3, time = 10, timeUnit = TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+@Measurement(iterations = 4, time = 30, timeUnit = TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+public class RandomNewInstanceBenchmark extends JMHBase {
+
+    @Param({"16", "2048", "32768"})
+    private int payloadSize;
+
+    private byte[] payload;
+
+    private String algorithm;
+    private String provider;
+
+    @Param({"SHA256DRBG|OpenJCEPlus", "SHA512DRBG|OpenJCEPlus", "SHA1PRNG|SUN", "DRBG|SUN"})
+    private String randomToTest;
+
+    @Setup
+    public void setup() throws Exception {
+        String[] algAndProvider = randomToTest.split("\\|");
+        algorithm = algAndProvider[0];
+        provider = algAndProvider[1];
+        super.setup(provider);
+        payload = new byte[payloadSize];
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    public byte[] runSecureRandom() throws Exception {
+        SecureRandom random = SecureRandom.getInstance(algorithm, provider);
+        random.nextBytes(payload);
+        return payload;
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws RunnerException {
+        String testSimpleName = RandomNewInstanceBenchmark.class.getSimpleName();
+        Options opt = optionsBuild(testSimpleName, testSimpleName);
+
+        new Runner(opt).run();
+    }
+}