diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e85a2249..81f2ac30 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1583,9 +1583,9 @@ checksum = "e51733f11c9c4f72aa0c160008246859e340b00807569a0da0e7a1079b27ba85"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "79daa5ed5740825c40b389c5e50312b9c86df53fccd33f281df655642b43869d"
+checksum = "a183cf7feeba97b4dd1c0d46788634f6221d87fa961b305bed08c851829efcc0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "valuable"
diff --git a/examples/Cargo.lock b/examples/Cargo.lock
index 4071ba8e..f074909a 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.lock
+++ b/examples/Cargo.lock
@@ -1480,9 +1480,9 @@ checksum = "3354b9ac3fae1ff6755cb6db53683adb661634f67557942dea4facebec0fee4b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "79daa5ed5740825c40b389c5e50312b9c86df53fccd33f281df655642b43869d"
+checksum = "a183cf7feeba97b4dd1c0d46788634f6221d87fa961b305bed08c851829efcc0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "valuable"
diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index 81223159..5da9b44c 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ members = [
 serde = { version = "1.0.110", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.53"
 futures-lite = "1.7.0"
-uuid = "1.1.0"
+uuid = "1.8.0"
 tracing = "0.1.37"
 
 node-bindgen = { path = "..", features = ["default"]}
-fluvio-future = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["timer"] }
\ No newline at end of file
+fluvio-future = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["timer"] }
diff --git a/nj-core/Cargo.toml b/nj-core/Cargo.toml
index 85e739df..34e563d4 100644
--- a/nj-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nj-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ fluvio-future = { version = "0.6.0", default-features=false, features=["task","s
 pin-utils = "0.1.0"
 num-bigint = "0.4.0"
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
-uuid = { version = "1.4.1", optional = true }
\ No newline at end of file
+uuid = { version = "1.8.0", optional = true }
\ No newline at end of file