diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f6abe2054..94479b7f0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -15149,12 +15149,16 @@
             }
         },
         "node_modules/uuid": {
-            "version": "7.0.3",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-7.0.3.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-DPSke0pXhTZgoF/d+WSt2QaKMCFSfx7QegxEWT+JOuHF5aWrKEn0G+ztjuJg/gG8/ItK+rbPCD/yNv8yyih6Cg==",
+            "version": "14.0.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-14.0.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-Qo+uWgilfSmAhXCMav1uYFynlQO7fMFiMVZsQqZRMIXp0O7rR7qjkj+cPvBHLgBqi960QCoo/PH2/6ZtVqKvrg==",
+            "funding": [
+                "https://github.com/sponsors/broofa",
+                "https://github.com/sponsors/ctavan"
+            ],
             "license": "MIT",
             "bin": {
-                "uuid": "dist/bin/uuid"
+                "uuid": "dist-node/bin/uuid"
             }
         },
         "node_modules/uuid-parse": {
@@ -16310,7 +16314,7 @@
                 "rxjs": "^5.5.11",
                 "uritemplate": "0.3.4",
                 "url-toolkit": "2.1.6",
-                "uuid": "^7.0.3",
+                "uuid": "^14.0.0",
                 "web-streams-polyfill": "^4.0.0",
                 "wot-thing-description-types": "^1.1.0-12-March-2025"
             },
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index d014a3af4..6356a6a85 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         "rxjs": "^5.5.11",
         "uritemplate": "0.3.4",
         "url-toolkit": "2.1.6",
-        "uuid": "^7.0.3",
+        "uuid": "^14.0.0",
         "web-streams-polyfill": "^4.0.0",
         "wot-thing-description-types": "^1.1.0-12-March-2025"
     },
diff --git a/packages/core/src/servient.ts b/packages/core/src/servient.ts
index 41111144f..14afae156 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/servient.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/servient.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import WoTImpl from "./wot-impl";
 import ExposedThing from "./exposed-thing";
 import { ProtocolClientFactory, ProtocolServer, ProtocolClient } from "./protocol-interfaces";
 import ContentManager, { ContentCodec } from "./content-serdes";
-import { v4 } from "uuid";
+const uuid = require("uuid");
 import { createLoggers } from "./logger";
 import { Helpers, Thing } from "./core";
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export default class Servient {
 
     public addThing(thing: ExposedThing): boolean {
         if (!thing.id) {
-            thing.id = "urn:uuid:" + v4();
+            thing.id = "urn:uuid:" + uuid.v4();
             warn(`Servient generating ID for '${thing.title}': '${thing.id}'`);
         }