diff --git a/exist-core/pom.xml b/exist-core/pom.xml
index 4bee09c658f..1285a652e4f 100644
--- a/exist-core/pom.xml
+++ b/exist-core/pom.xml
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.uuid</groupId>
             <artifactId>java-uuid-generator</artifactId>
-            <version>4.1.1</version>
+            <version>4.2.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>