diff --git a/packages/backend-core/package.json b/packages/backend-core/package.json
index d6325e1de9..93dc911f4e 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend-core/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     "sanitize-s3-objectkey": "0.0.1",
     "semver": "7.3.7",
     "tar-fs": "2.1.1",
-    "uuid": "8.3.2"
+    "uuid": "^8.3.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@shopify/jest-koa-mocks": "5.1.1",
diff --git a/packages/server/package.json b/packages/server/package.json
index 2f5c3db6e9..a52623802a 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     "svelte": "^3.49.0",
     "tar": "6.1.15",
     "to-json-schema": "0.2.5",
-    "uuid": "3.3.2",
+    "uuid": "^8.3.2",
     "validate.js": "0.13.1",
     "worker-farm": "1.7.0",
     "xml2js": "0.5.0"
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@
     "@types/server-destroy": "1.0.1",
     "@types/supertest": "2.0.14",
     "@types/tar": "6.1.5",
+    "@types/uuid": "8.3.4",
     "apidoc": "0.50.4",
     "copyfiles": "2.4.1",
     "docker-compose": "0.23.17",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/static/index.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/static/index.ts
index 5f383e837d..ec45361604 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/static/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/static/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { InvalidFileExtensions } from "@budibase/shared-core"
 require("svelte/register")
 
 import { join } from "../../../utilities/centralPath"
-import uuid from "uuid"
+import * as uuid from "uuid"
 import { ObjectStoreBuckets } from "../../../constants"
 import { processString } from "@budibase/string-templates"
 import {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/fileSystem/filesystem.ts b/packages/server/src/utilities/fileSystem/filesystem.ts
index be656f54d1..add587cdea 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/fileSystem/filesystem.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/fileSystem/filesystem.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { resolve, join } from "path"
 import env from "../../environment"
 import tar from "tar"
 
-const uuid = require("uuid/v4")
+import { v4 as uuid } from "uuid"
 
 export const TOP_LEVEL_PATH =
   env.TOP_LEVEL_PATH || resolve(join(__dirname, "..", "..", ".."))