diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 94fe276b..e76204d6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     "standard": "^14.3.1",
     "standard-version": "^9.0.0",
     "tap": "^14.10.5",
-    "uuid": "^3.4.0",
+    "uuid": "^8.3.2",
     "which": "^2.0.2"
   },
   "engines": {
diff --git a/self-coverage-helper.js b/self-coverage-helper.js
index c5459778..fee61995 100644
--- a/self-coverage-helper.js
+++ b/self-coverage-helper.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const path = require('path')
 const fs = require('fs')
-const uuid = require('uuid/v4')
+const { v4: uuidv4 } = require('uuid')
 const mkdirp = require('make-dir')
 const onExit = require('signal-exit')
 const nodePreload = require('node-preload')
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ global[nycSelfCoverageHelper] = {
     const selfCoverageDir = path.join(__dirname, '.self_coverage')
     mkdirp.sync(selfCoverageDir)
     fs.writeFileSync(
-      path.join(selfCoverageDir, uuid() + '.json'),
+      path.join(selfCoverageDir, uuidv4() + '.json'),
       JSON.stringify(coverage),
       'utf-8'
     )