diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 257c0fb..dba68ed 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   "author": "Tim Koschuetzki <tim@transloadit.com>",
   "packageManager": "yarn@4.0.1",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 14.16"
+    "node": ">= 14.17"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "debug": "^4.3.1",
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
     "into-stream": "^6.0.0",
     "is-stream": "^2.0.0",
     "p-map": "^4.0.0",
-    "tus-js-client": "^3.0.1",
-    "uuid": "^8.3.2"
+    "tus-js-client": "^3.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.12.3",
diff --git a/src/Transloadit.js b/src/Transloadit.js
index 7820e9e..54a64d0 100644
--- a/src/Transloadit.js
+++ b/src/Transloadit.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+const crypto = require('crypto')
 const got = require('got')
 const FormData = require('form-data')
-const crypto = require('crypto')
 const fs = require('fs')
 const fsPromises = require('fs/promises')
 const debug = require('debug')
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ const intoStream = require('into-stream')
 const isStream = require('is-stream')
 const assert = require('assert')
 const pMap = require('p-map')
-const uuid = require('uuid')
 
 const InconsistentResponseError = require('./InconsistentResponseError')
 const PaginationStream = require('./PaginationStream')
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@ class TransloaditClient {
     if (assemblyId != null) {
       effectiveAssemblyId = assemblyId
     } else {
-      effectiveAssemblyId = uuid.v4().replace(/-/g, '')
+      effectiveAssemblyId = crypto.randomUUID().replace(/-/g, '')
     }
     const urlSuffix = `/assemblies/${effectiveAssemblyId}`
 
diff --git a/test/integration/live-api.test.js b/test/integration/live-api.test.js
index e013c0b..90c84b9 100644
--- a/test/integration/live-api.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/live-api.test.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const crypto = require('crypto')
 const querystring = require('querystring')
 const temp = require('temp')
 const fs = require('fs')
@@ -5,7 +6,6 @@ const nodePath = require('path')
 const nodeStream = require('stream/promises')
 const got = require('got')
 const intoStream = require('into-stream')
-const uuid = require('uuid')
 const debug = require('debug')
 
 const log = debug('transloadit:live-api')
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ afterAll(async () => {
 })
 
 async function createVirtualTestServer(handler) {
-  const id = uuid.v4()
+  const id = crypto.randomUUID()
   log('Adding virtual server handler', id)
   const url = `${testServer.url}/${id}`
   handlers.set(id, handler)
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ describe('API integration', { timeout: 30000 }, () => {
     it('should allow setting an explicit assemblyId on createAssembly', async () => {
       const client = createClient()
 
-      const assemblyId = uuid.v4().replace(/-/g, '')
+      const assemblyId = crypto.randomUUID().replace(/-/g, '')
       const params = {
         assemblyId,
         waitForCompletion: true,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d61b92e..f0499c8 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5762,7 +5762,6 @@ __metadata:
     temp: "npm:^0.9.1"
     tsd: "npm:^0.25.0"
     tus-js-client: "npm:^3.0.1"
-    uuid: "npm:^8.3.2"
     vitest: "npm:^2.0.5"
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
@@ -6003,15 +6002,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"uuid@npm:^8.3.2":
-  version: 8.3.2
-  resolution: "uuid@npm:8.3.2"
-  bin:
-    uuid: dist/bin/uuid
-  checksum: bcbb807a917d374a49f475fae2e87fdca7da5e5530820ef53f65ba1d12131bd81a92ecf259cc7ce317cbe0f289e7d79fdfebcef9bfa3087c8c8a2fa304c9be54
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "v8-compile-cache@npm:^2.0.3":
   version: 2.4.0
   resolution: "v8-compile-cache@npm:2.4.0"