diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d3834425a..a3d9f7e8d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -340,13 +340,10 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "@types/uuid": {
-      "version": "3.4.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/uuid/-/uuid-3.4.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-tPIgT0GUmdJQNSHxp0X2jnpQfBSTfGxUMc/2CXBU2mnyTFVYVa2ojpoQ74w0U2yn2vw3jnC640+77lkFFpdVDw==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "requires": {
-        "@types/node": "*"
-      }
+      "version": "8.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-eQ9qFW/fhfGJF8WKHGEHZEyVWfZxrT+6CLIJGBcZPfxUh/+BnEj+UCGYMlr9qZuX/2AltsvwrGqp0LhEW8D0zQ==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "accepts": {
       "version": "1.3.5",
@@ -1519,7 +1516,8 @@
     "inherits": {
       "version": "2.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/inherits/-/inherits-2.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-Yzwsg+PaQqUC9SRmAiSA9CCCYd4="
+      "integrity": "sha1-Yzwsg+PaQqUC9SRmAiSA9CCCYd4=",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "interpret": {
       "version": "1.2.0",
@@ -2284,6 +2282,14 @@
         "uuid": "^3.3.2",
         "yargs": "^13.2.2",
         "yargs-parser": "^13.0.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "uuid": {
+          "version": "3.4.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-3.4.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-HjSDRw6gZE5JMggctHBcjVak08+KEVhSIiDzFnT9S9aegmp85S/bReBVTb4QTFaRNptJ9kuYaNhnbNEOkbKb/A==",
+          "dev": true
+        }
       }
     },
     "oauth-sign": {
@@ -2744,6 +2750,11 @@
           "requires": {
             "mime-db": "~1.38.0"
           }
+        },
+        "uuid": {
+          "version": "3.4.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-3.4.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-HjSDRw6gZE5JMggctHBcjVak08+KEVhSIiDzFnT9S9aegmp85S/bReBVTb4QTFaRNptJ9kuYaNhnbNEOkbKb/A=="
         }
       }
     },
@@ -3562,9 +3573,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "uuid": {
-      "version": "3.3.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-3.3.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-yXJmeNaw3DnnKAOKJE51sL/ZaYfWJRl1pK9dr19YFCu0ObS231AB1/LbqTKRAQ5kw8A90rA6fr4riOUpTZvQZA=="
+      "version": "8.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-fX6Z5o4m6XsXBdli9g7DtWgAx+osMsRRZFKma1mIUsLCz6vRvv+pz5VNbyu9UEDzpMWulZfvpgb/cmDXVulYFQ=="
     },
     "validate-npm-package-license": {
       "version": "3.0.4",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2545f2532..8a4e53f43 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "request": ">=2.9.0",
     "sax": ">=0.6",
     "strip-bom": "^3.0.0",
-    "uuid": "^3.1.0",
+    "uuid": "^8.3.0",
     "xml-crypto": "^1.4.0"
   },
   "repository": {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     "@types/node": "^11.11.0",
     "@types/request": "^2.48.1",
     "@types/sax": "^1.0.1",
-    "@types/uuid": "^3.4.4",
+    "@types/uuid": "^8.3.0",
     "body-parser": "^1.15.2",
     "colors": "^1.3.3",
     "coveralls": "^3.0.5",
diff --git a/src/client.ts b/src/client.ts
index 4d9d827e6..6cbf7ff04 100644
--- a/src/client.ts
+++ b/src/client.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import getStream = require('get-stream');
 import { IncomingHttpHeaders } from 'http';
 import * as _ from 'lodash';
 import * as request from 'request';
-import { v4 as uuid4 } from 'uuid';
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 import { HttpClient, Request } from './http';
 import { IHeaders, IOptions, ISecurity, SoapMethod } from './types';
 import { findPrefix } from './utils';
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ export class Client extends EventEmitter {
     this.lastRequest = xml;
     this.lastEndpoint = location;
 
-    const eid: string = options.exchangeId || uuid4();
+    const eid: string = options.exchangeId || uuidv4();
 
     this.emit('message', message, eid);
     this.emit('request', xml, eid);
diff --git a/src/http.ts b/src/http.ts
index d6583e6e4..5607988f2 100644
--- a/src/http.ts
+++ b/src/http.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import * as httpNtlm from 'httpntlm';
 import * as _ from 'lodash';
 import * as req from 'request';
 import * as url from 'url';
-import * as uuid from 'uuid/v4';
+import {v4 as uuidv4} from 'uuid';
 import { IHeaders, IOptions } from './types';
 
 const debug = debugBuilder('node-soap');
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export class HttpClient {
     };
 
     if (exoptions.forceMTOM || attachments.length > 0) {
-      const start = uuid();
+      const start = uuidv4();
       let action = null;
       if (headers['Content-Type'].indexOf('action') > -1) {
            for (const ct of headers['Content-Type'].split('; ')) {
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export class HttpClient {
            }
       }
       headers['Content-Type'] =
-        'multipart/related; type="application/xop+xml"; start="<' + start + '>"; start-info="text/xml"; boundary=' + uuid();
+        'multipart/related; type="application/xop+xml"; start="<' + start + '>"; start-info="text/xml"; boundary=' + uuidv4();
       if (action) {
           headers['Content-Type'] = headers['Content-Type'] + '; ' + action;
       }
diff --git a/src/security/WSSecurityCert.ts b/src/security/WSSecurityCert.ts
index d585ba028..f79c57d92 100644
--- a/src/security/WSSecurityCert.ts
+++ b/src/security/WSSecurityCert.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { v4 as uuid4 } from 'uuid';
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 import { SignedXml } from 'xml-crypto';
 import { ISecurity } from '../types';
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function insertStr(src: string, dst: string, pos: number): string {
 }
 
 function generateId(): string {
-  return uuid4().replace(/-/gm, '');
+  return uuidv4().replace(/-/gm, '');
 }
 
 const oasisBaseUri = 'http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01';