diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 620324cd..caa06283 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3172,9 +3172,9 @@ checksum = "711b9620af191e0cdc7468a8d14e709c3dcdb115b36f838e601583af800a370a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f00cc9702ca12d3c81455259621e676d0f7251cec66a21e98fe2e9a37db93b2a"
+checksum = "a183cf7feeba97b4dd1c0d46788634f6221d87fa961b305bed08c851829efcc0"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 83b8f7e5..bc1ca3c8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ lazy_static = "1.4"
 toml = "0.8"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive", "rc"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
-uuid = { version = "1.4", features = ["v4"] }
+uuid = { version = "1.8", features = ["v4"] }
 # last known working version of indicatif; 0.17.5 has a bug that causes the 
 # scan menu to fail spectacularly 
 indicatif = { version = "0.17.3" }