diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e61ad973f..d8706313e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
     "sinon": "^9.0.0",
     "tmp": "^0.2.0",
     "typescript": "^3.8.3",
-    "uuid": "^7.0.0",
+    "uuid": "^8.0.0",
     "yargs": "^15.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/samples/package.json b/samples/package.json
index 4992a8821..0c1999cd4 100644
--- a/samples/package.json
+++ b/samples/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/pubsub": "^1.0.0",
     "@google-cloud/storage": "^4.7.0",
-    "uuid": "^7.0.0",
+    "uuid": "^8.0.0",
     "yargs": "^15.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {