diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 199f679ce..c2219caa6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     "tar-stream": "^1.5.2",
     "through2": "^2.0.0",
     "trace": "^2.0.1",
-    "uuid": "^2.0.3",
+    "uuid": "^3.0.0",
     "ws": "^1.1.1",
     "xen-api": "^0.9.4",
     "xml2js": "~0.4.6",