diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4e606ae5e..91f940229 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
     "tesseract.js": "^2.0.0-alpha.16",
     "throng": "^4.0.0",
     "tiny-queue": "^0.2.1",
-    "uuid": "^7.0.3",
+    "uuid": "^8.0.0",
     "wavesurfer.js": "^3.3.3",
     "webpack": "^4.42.1",
     "webpack-assets-manifest": "^3.1.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 259b1547b..dd26745cb 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -11169,10 +11169,10 @@ uuid@^3.0.1, uuid@^3.3.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uuid/-/uuid-3.4.0.tgz#b23e4358afa8a202fe7a100af1f5f883f02007ee"
   integrity sha512-HjSDRw6gZE5JMggctHBcjVak08+KEVhSIiDzFnT9S9aegmp85S/bReBVTb4QTFaRNptJ9kuYaNhnbNEOkbKb/A==
 
-uuid@^7.0.3:
-  version "7.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uuid/-/uuid-7.0.3.tgz#c5c9f2c8cf25dc0a372c4df1441c41f5bd0c680b"
-  integrity sha512-DPSke0pXhTZgoF/d+WSt2QaKMCFSfx7QegxEWT+JOuHF5aWrKEn0G+ztjuJg/gG8/ItK+rbPCD/yNv8yyih6Cg==
+uuid@^8.0.0:
+  version "8.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uuid/-/uuid-8.0.0.tgz#bc6ccf91b5ff0ac07bbcdbf1c7c4e150db4dbb6c"
+  integrity sha512-jOXGuXZAWdsTH7eZLtyXMqUb9EcWMGZNbL9YcGBJl4MH4nrxHmZJhEHvyLFrkxo+28uLb/NYRcStH48fnD0Vzw==
 
 v8-compile-cache@2.0.3, v8-compile-cache@^2.0.3:
   version "2.0.3"