diff --git a/packages/create-gatsby/package.json b/packages/create-gatsby/package.json
index 8b30a5abe3ba1..3558a0202c82d 100644
--- a/packages/create-gatsby/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-gatsby/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     "@types/configstore": "^4.0.0",
     "@types/fs-extra": "^9.0.2",
     "@types/node": "^14.14.5",
-    "@types/uuid": "^8.3.0",
     "ansi-wordwrap": "^1.0.2",
     "common-tags": "^1.8.0",
     "enquirer": "^2.3.6",
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@
     "terminal-link": "^2.1.1",
     "tiny-spin": "^1.0.2",
     "typescript": "^4.0.5",
-    "uuid": "^8.3.1"
+    "uuid": "3.4.0"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/create-gatsby/src/tracking.ts b/packages/create-gatsby/src/tracking.ts
index f0c4120a8d062..531b5bdd916dc 100644
--- a/packages/create-gatsby/src/tracking.ts
+++ b/packages/create-gatsby/src/tracking.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import fetch from "node-fetch"
-import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid"
+import uuidv4 from "uuid/v4"
 import { getConfigStore } from "./get-config-store"
 
 const store = getConfigStore()