diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 94094989..6cbbd751 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
     "unified": "^6.1.4",
     "unist-builder": "^1.0.2",
     "unist-util-visit-parents": "^1.1.1",
-    "uuid": "^2.0.3",
+    "uuid": "^3.1.0",
     "whatwg-fetch": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
diff --git a/src/actions/editorialWorkflow.js b/src/actions/editorialWorkflow.js
index 78ce594a..9b0082fb 100644
--- a/src/actions/editorialWorkflow.js
+++ b/src/actions/editorialWorkflow.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import uuid from 'uuid';
+import uuid from 'uuid/v4';
 import { actions as notifActions } from 'redux-notifications';
 import { serializeValues } from '../lib/serializeEntryValues';
 import { closeEntry } from './editor';
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ export function persistUnpublishedEntry(collection, existingUnpublishedEntry) {
     if (!entryDraft.get('fieldsErrors').isEmpty()) return Promise.resolve();
 
     const backend = currentBackend(state.config);
-    const transactionID = uuid.v4();
+    const transactionID = uuid();
     const assetProxies = entryDraft.get('mediaFiles').map(path => getAsset(state, path));
     const entry = entryDraft.get('entry');
 
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ export function updateUnpublishedEntryStatus(collection, slug, oldStatus, newSta
   return (dispatch, getState) => {
     const state = getState();
     const backend = currentBackend(state.config);
-    const transactionID = uuid.v4();
+    const transactionID = uuid();
     dispatch(unpublishedEntryStatusChangeRequest(collection, slug, oldStatus, newStatus, transactionID));
     backend.updateUnpublishedEntryStatus(collection, slug, newStatus)
     .then(() => {
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ export function deleteUnpublishedEntry(collection, slug) {
   return (dispatch, getState) => {
     const state = getState();
     const backend = currentBackend(state.config);
-    const transactionID = uuid.v4();
+    const transactionID = uuid();
     dispatch(unpublishedEntryPublishRequest(collection, slug, transactionID)); 
     backend.deleteUnpublishedEntry(collection, slug)
     .then(() => {
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ export function publishUnpublishedEntry(collection, slug) {
   return (dispatch, getState) => {
     const state = getState();
     const backend = currentBackend(state.config);
-    const transactionID = uuid.v4();
+    const transactionID = uuid();
     dispatch(unpublishedEntryPublishRequest(collection, slug, transactionID));
     backend.publishUnpublishedEntry(collection, slug)
     .then(() => {
diff --git a/src/components/Widgets/RelationControl.js b/src/components/Widgets/RelationControl.js
index fc3a5e5f..1e2d0aaf 100644
--- a/src/components/Widgets/RelationControl.js
+++ b/src/components/Widgets/RelationControl.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
 import Autosuggest from 'react-autosuggest';
-import uuid from 'uuid';
+import uuid from 'uuid/v4';
 import { Map } from 'immutable';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { debounce } from 'lodash';
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class RelationControl extends Component {
 
   constructor(props, ctx) {
     super(props, ctx);
-    this.controlID = uuid.v4();
+    this.controlID = uuid();
     this.didInitialSearch = false;
   }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 27735f10..35196b82 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -9429,7 +9429,7 @@ utils-merge@1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/utils-merge/-/utils-merge-1.0.1.tgz#9f95710f50a267947b2ccc124741c1028427e713"
 
-uuid@^2.0.1, uuid@^2.0.2, uuid@^2.0.3:
+uuid@^2.0.1, uuid@^2.0.2:
   version "2.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uuid/-/uuid-2.0.3.tgz#67e2e863797215530dff318e5bf9dcebfd47b21a"