diff --git a/packages/toolpad-app/package.json b/packages/toolpad-app/package.json
index 60430456971..1818a570661 100644
--- a/packages/toolpad-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/toolpad-app/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
     "crypto-js": "^4.1.1",
     "csstype": "^3.1.2",
-    "cuid": "^3.0.0",
     "dayjs": "^1.11.7",
     "dotenv": "^16.0.3",
     "esbuild": "0.17.18",
@@ -101,6 +100,7 @@
     "mime": "^3.0.0",
     "monaco-editor": "0.37.1",
     "mysql2": "^3.2.3",
+    "nanoid": "^4.0.2",
     "next": "^13.3.1",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.9",
     "node-fetch-har": "^1.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/toolpad-app/src/appDom/index.ts b/packages/toolpad-app/src/appDom/index.ts
index 959e31df7cf..93fdbd0e149 100644
--- a/packages/toolpad-app/src/appDom/index.ts
+++ b/packages/toolpad-app/src/appDom/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import { nanoid } from 'nanoid/non-secure';
 import { generateKeyBetween } from 'fractional-indexing';
-import cuid from 'cuid';
 import {
   NodeId,
   NodeReference,
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ function assertIsType<T extends AppDomNode>(node: AppDomNode, type: T['type']):
   invariant(isType(node, type), `Expected node type "${type}" but got "${node.type}"`);
 }
 
-function createId(): NodeId {
-  return cuid.slug() as NodeId;
+export function createId(): NodeId {
+  return nanoid(7) as NodeId;
 }
 
 export function createConst<V>(value: V): ConstantAttrValue<V> {
diff --git a/packages/toolpad-app/src/components/MonacoEditor.tsx b/packages/toolpad-app/src/components/MonacoEditor.tsx
index bfde14b8c00..051d076b0b4 100644
--- a/packages/toolpad-app/src/components/MonacoEditor.tsx
+++ b/packages/toolpad-app/src/components/MonacoEditor.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import * as monaco from 'monaco-editor';
 import { styled, SxProps } from '@mui/material';
 import clsx from 'clsx';
-import cuid from 'cuid';
+import { nanoid } from 'nanoid/non-secure';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import {
   conf as jsonBasicConf,
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ export default React.forwardRef<MonacoEditorHandle, MonacoEditorProps>(function
         }
       }
     } else {
-      const pathUri = monaco.Uri.parse(`./scripts/${cuid()}${getExtension(language)}`);
+      const pathUri = monaco.Uri.parse(`./scripts/${nanoid(7)}${getExtension(language)}`);
       const model = monaco.editor.createModel(value || '', language, pathUri);
 
       instance = monaco.editor.create(rootRef.current, {
diff --git a/packages/toolpad-app/src/server/localMode.ts b/packages/toolpad-app/src/server/localMode.ts
index 3f06cb2efe0..751e00f23f4 100644
--- a/packages/toolpad-app/src/server/localMode.ts
+++ b/packages/toolpad-app/src/server/localMode.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { fromZodError } from 'zod-validation-error';
 import { glob } from 'glob';
 import * as chokidar from 'chokidar';
 import { debounce } from 'lodash-es';
-import cuid from 'cuid';
 import { Emitter } from '@mui/toolpad-utils/events';
 import { errorFrom } from '@mui/toolpad-utils/errors';
 import { filterValues, hasOwnProperty, mapValues } from '@mui/toolpad-utils/collections';
@@ -1108,7 +1107,7 @@ async function initToolpadFolder(root: string) {
       apiVersion: 'v1',
       kind: 'page',
       spec: {
-        id: cuid.slug(),
+        id: appDom.createId(),
         title: 'Default page',
       },
     };
diff --git a/packages/toolpad-app/tsup.config.ts b/packages/toolpad-app/tsup.config.ts
index a2fcfd01fa1..c269698f48a 100644
--- a/packages/toolpad-app/tsup.config.ts
+++ b/packages/toolpad-app/tsup.config.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,15 @@ export default defineConfig([
     },
     outDir: 'dist/cli',
     silent: true,
-    noExternal: ['open-editor', 'execa', 'fractional-indexing', 'lodash-es', 'chalk', 'get-port'],
+    noExternal: [
+      'open-editor',
+      'execa',
+      'fractional-indexing',
+      'lodash-es',
+      'chalk',
+      'get-port',
+      'nanoid',
+    ],
     clean: true,
     sourcemap: true,
     async onSuccess() {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index fcce3dbba91..eb481c7b91d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4931,11 +4931,6 @@ csstype@^3.0.2, csstype@^3.1.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/csstype/-/csstype-3.1.2.tgz#1d4bf9d572f11c14031f0436e1c10bc1f571f50b"
   integrity sha512-I7K1Uu0MBPzaFKg4nI5Q7Vs2t+3gWWW648spaF+Rg7pI9ds18Ugn+lvg4SHczUdKlHI5LWBXyqfS8+DufyBsgQ==
 
-cuid@^3.0.0:
-  version "3.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cuid/-/cuid-3.0.0.tgz#8cef32136e3c48e4a94aec42025996b888cbae82"
-  integrity sha512-WZYYkHdIDnaxdeP8Misq3Lah5vFjJwGuItJuV+tvMafosMzw0nF297T7mrm8IOWiPJkV6gc7sa8pzx27+w25Zg==
-
 "d3-array@2 - 3", "d3-array@2.10.0 - 3", d3-array@^3.1.6:
   version "3.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/d3-array/-/d3-array-3.2.3.tgz#39f1f4954e4a09ff69ac597c2d61906b04e84740"
@@ -9593,6 +9588,11 @@ nanoid@^3.3.4, nanoid@^3.3.6:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.3.6.tgz#443380c856d6e9f9824267d960b4236ad583ea4c"
   integrity sha512-BGcqMMJuToF7i1rt+2PWSNVnWIkGCU78jBG3RxO/bZlnZPK2Cmi2QaffxGO/2RvWi9sL+FAiRiXMgsyxQ1DIDA==
 
+nanoid@^4.0.2:
+  version "4.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nanoid/-/nanoid-4.0.2.tgz#140b3c5003959adbebf521c170f282c5e7f9fb9e"
+  integrity sha512-7ZtY5KTCNheRGfEFxnedV5zFiORN1+Y1N6zvPTnHQd8ENUvfaDBeuJDZb2bN/oXwXxu3qkTXDzy57W5vAmDTBw==
+
 natural-compare-lite@^1.4.0:
   version "1.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/natural-compare-lite/-/natural-compare-lite-1.4.0.tgz#17b09581988979fddafe0201e931ba933c96cbb4"