diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 6165883..a2d3ca4 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -652,21 +652,6 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 colorama = {version = "*", markers = "platform_system == \"Windows\""}
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cmdkit"
-version = "2.7.5"
-description = "A command-line utility toolkit for Python."
-optional = false
-python-versions = "<4.0,>=3.8"
-files = [
-    {file = "cmdkit-2.7.5-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:1562e4fc40cba195afe62478b51bac0988896851d5eca45335421131df9698fa"},
-    {file = "cmdkit-2.7.5.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b7bf4a9b8cc5737eb5e16ac8675c9edcf0ddd99b0b9aa7672a3fb2694f44ca12"},
-]
-
-[package.dependencies]
-pyyaml = ">=6.0.1,<7.0.0"
-toml = ">=0.10.2,<0.11.0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "colorama"
 version = "0.4.6"
@@ -2666,20 +2651,6 @@ rtd = ["ipython", "pydata-sphinx-theme (==v0.13.0rc4)", "sphinx-autodoc2 (>=0.4.
 testing = ["beautifulsoup4", "coverage[toml]", "pytest (>=7,<8)", "pytest-cov", "pytest-param-files (>=0.3.4,<0.4.0)", "pytest-regressions", "sphinx-pytest"]
 testing-docutils = ["pygments", "pytest (>=7,<8)", "pytest-param-files (>=0.3.4,<0.4.0)"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "names-generator"
-version = "0.2.0"
-description = "Clone of the Moby/Docker random name generator as a Python package."
-optional = false
-python-versions = "*"
-files = [
-    {file = "names_generator-0.2.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:693e8e48e9a54a2a8f714b01d1bd70945743a15d4587059e7e4e16efc361be11"},
-    {file = "names_generator-0.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:de60e354b8ca8f2d1ce0816079d3ba569417371867b94328021f03c9dd47a5be"},
-]
-
-[package.dependencies]
-cmdkit = ">=2.7.4"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nbclient"
 version = "0.10.0"
@@ -2854,8 +2825,8 @@ files = [
 
 [package.dependencies]
 numpy = [
-    {version = ">=1.26.0", markers = "python_version >= \"3.12\""},
     {version = ">=1.23.2", markers = "python_version == \"3.11\""},
+    {version = ">=1.26.0", markers = "python_version >= \"3.12\""},
 ]
 python-dateutil = ">=2.8.2"
 pytz = ">=2020.1"
@@ -3492,8 +3463,8 @@ files = [
 astroid = ">=3.3.4,<=3.4.0-dev0"
 colorama = {version = ">=0.4.5", markers = "sys_platform == \"win32\""}
 dill = [
-    {version = ">=0.3.7", markers = "python_version >= \"3.12\""},
     {version = ">=0.3.6", markers = "python_version >= \"3.11\" and python_version < \"3.12\""},
+    {version = ">=0.3.7", markers = "python_version >= \"3.12\""},
 ]
 isort = ">=4.2.5,<5.13.0 || >5.13.0,<6"
 mccabe = ">=0.6,<0.8"
@@ -4481,8 +4452,8 @@ files = [
 
 [package.dependencies]
 astroid = [
-    {version = ">=3.0.0a1", markers = "python_version >= \"3.12\""},
     {version = ">=2.7", markers = "python_version < \"3.12\""},
+    {version = ">=3.0.0a1", markers = "python_version >= \"3.12\""},
 ]
 Jinja2 = "*"
 PyYAML = "*"
@@ -5013,17 +4984,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "threadpoolctl-3.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:082433502dd922bf738de0d8bcc4fdcbf0979ff44c42bd40f5af8a282f6fa107"},
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "toml"
-version = "0.10.2"
-description = "Python Library for Tom's Obvious, Minimal Language"
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=2.6, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*"
-files = [
-    {file = "toml-0.10.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:806143ae5bfb6a3c6e736a764057db0e6a0e05e338b5630894a5f779cabb4f9b"},
-    {file = "toml-0.10.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b3bda1d108d5dd99f4a20d24d9c348e91c4db7ab1b749200bded2f839ccbe68f"},
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tomlkit"
 version = "0.13.2"
@@ -5397,4 +5357,4 @@ type = ["pytest-mypy"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.11,<3.13"
-content-hash = "b46501d6c00ea8314a13957bc588e30100c145be91167dfbb19ab68e4135ed69"
+content-hash = "bdff22c7ba56c5431afa042b10e6bc37ad4fc367556d29a8bae6c18b4873cd72"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 802d874..a5a2500 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ python-keycloak = "^4.3.0"
 sqlalchemy-serializer = "^1.4.22"
 watchdog = "^5.0.3"
 ema-workbench = "^2.5.2"
-names-generator = "^0.2.0"
 ipyparallel = "^8.8.0"
 schedule = "^1.2.2"
 
diff --git a/src/ump/api/routes/ensembles.py b/src/ump/api/routes/ensembles.py
index 7e2fba1..bfe92be 100644
--- a/src/ump/api/routes/ensembles.py
+++ b/src/ump/api/routes/ensembles.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import copy
 import json
 import logging
+from uuid import uuid1
 
 from apiflask import APIBlueprint
 from ema_workbench import CategoricalParameter, RealParameter
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@
     sample_parameters,
 )
 from flask import Response, g, request
-from names_generator import generate_name
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine, delete, or_, select
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ def create_jobs(ensemble: Ensemble, auth):
     result_list = []
     for config in results:
         process = Process(config["process_id"])
-        job_name = ensemble.name + " - " + generate_name(style="plain")
+        job_name = ensemble.name + " - " + str(uuid1())
         result_list.append(
             process.execute(
                 {"job_name": f"{job_name}", "inputs": config["inputs"]},