diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5fd7e25c4..f99edec9c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -184,4 +184,7 @@ have been removed from the [VSS syntax](docs-gen/content/rule_set/data_entry/sen
 
 ## Planned Changes VSS 5.0
 
--
+### No UUID in relese artifacts
+
+From VSS 5.0 there will be no UUIDs in [release artifacts](https://github.com/COVESA/vehicle_signal_specification/releases)
+and the commands in the `Makefile` used for both CI and release artifacts will no longer include the `--uuid`argument.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8f88afaee..af93e945e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,37 +21,38 @@ optional_targets: clean protobuf ttl
 TOOLSDIR?=./vss-tools
 
 json:
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2json.py -I ./spec --uuid -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).json
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2json.py -I ./spec -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).json
 
 franca:
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2franca.py -v $$(cat VERSION)  -I ./spec --uuid -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).fidl
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2franca.py -v $$(cat VERSION)  -I ./spec -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).fidl
 
 yaml:
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2yaml.py -I ./spec --uuid -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).yaml
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2yaml.py -I ./spec -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).yaml
 
 csv:
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2csv.py -I ./spec --uuid -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).csv
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2csv.py -I ./spec -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).csv
 
 ddsidl:
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2ddsidl.py -I ./spec --uuid -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).idl
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2ddsidl.py -I ./spec -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).idl
 
 # Verifies that supported overlay combinations are syntactically correct.
 overlays:
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2json.py -I ./spec --uuid -u ./spec/units.yaml -o overlays/profiles/motorbike.vspec ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION)_motorbike.json
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2json.py -I ./spec --uuid -u ./spec/units.yaml -o overlays/extensions/dual_wiper_systems.vspec ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION)_dualwiper.json
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2json.py -I ./spec -u ./spec/units.yaml -o overlays/profiles/motorbike.vspec ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION)_motorbike.json
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2json.py -I ./spec -u ./spec/units.yaml -o overlays/extensions/dual_wiper_systems.vspec ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION)_dualwiper.json
 
+# Verifies that we have selected a tool version (vss-tools submodule) that is functional
 tests:
 	PYTHONPATH=${TOOLSDIR} pytest
 
 binary:
 	gcc -shared -o ${TOOLSDIR}/binary/binarytool.so -fPIC ${TOOLSDIR}/binary/binarytool.c
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2binary.py --uuid -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).binary
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2binary.py -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).binary
 
 protobuf:
 	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2protobuf.py  -I ./spec -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).proto
 
 graphql:
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2graphql.py -I ./spec --uuid -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).graphql.ts
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2graphql.py -I ./spec -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).graphql.ts
 
 ttl:
 	${TOOLSDIR}/contrib/vspec2ttl/vspec2ttl.py -I ./spec -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).ttl