diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ac4d2fcab..52a1d6add 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2901,9 +2901,9 @@ checksum = "711b9620af191e0cdc7468a8d14e709c3dcdb115b36f838e601583af800a370a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "79daa5ed5740825c40b389c5e50312b9c86df53fccd33f281df655642b43869d"
+checksum = "f00cc9702ca12d3c81455259621e676d0f7251cec66a21e98fe2e9a37db93b2a"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
 ]
diff --git a/northstar-runtime/Cargo.toml b/northstar-runtime/Cargo.toml
index 17139a006..8d0d1218f 100644
--- a/northstar-runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/northstar-runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ tokio-util = { version = "0.7.10", features = ["codec", "io"], optional = true }
 toml = { version = "0.8.8", optional = true }
 umask = { version = "2.1.0", optional = true }
 url = { version = "2.5.0", features = ["serde"], optional = true }
-uuid = { version = "1.4.1", features = ["v4"], optional = true }
+uuid = { version = "1.7.0", features = ["v4"], optional = true }
 validator = { version = "0.16.1", features = ["derive"] }
 zeroize = { version = "1.7.0", optional = true }
 zip = { version = "0.6.6", default-features = false, optional = true }