diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 06a0d5a..2cd8396 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "socket.io-client": "^2.3.0",
     "sqlite3": "^4.1.1",
     "twit": "^2.2.11",
-    "uuid": "^3.4.0"
+    "uuid": "^8.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {},
   "engines": {
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 2664606..911fd1c 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const favicon = require('serve-favicon');
 const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 const bcrypt = require('bcrypt');
 const passport = require('passport');
-const uuidv4 = require('uuid/v4');
+const { v4: uuidv4 } = require('uuid');
 
 // Basis-Konfiguration laden und generische App-UUID erzeugen
 var app_cfg = require('./server/app_cfg.js');