diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3c2560c..f41d186 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "coffee-script": "^1.12.0",
     "commander": "^2.11.0",
     "debug": "^3.0.0",
-    "uuid": "^3.0.1"
+    "uuid": "^8.1.0"
   },
   "bin": {
     "jsjob-run": "./bin/jsjob-run"