diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8298e47..81f219c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
   "packageManager": "yarn@3.6.3",
   "dependencies": {
     "@actions/core": "^1.11.1",
-    "@docker/actions-toolkit": "^0.40.0",
-    "uuid": "^10.0.0"
+    "@docker/actions-toolkit": "^0.40.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "^20.6.0",
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 34ff302..9671871 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+import * as crypto from 'crypto';
 import os from 'os';
 import path from 'path';
-import * as uuid from 'uuid';
 import * as core from '@actions/core';
 import * as actionsToolkit from '@docker/actions-toolkit';
 import {Install} from '@docker/actions-toolkit/lib/docker/install';
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ actionsToolkit.run(
   // main
   async () => {
     const input: context.Inputs = context.getInputs();
-    const runDir = path.join(os.homedir(), `setup-docker-action-${uuid.v4().slice(0, 8)}`);
+    const runDir = path.join(os.homedir(), `setup-docker-action-${crypto.randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`);
 
     if (input.context == 'default') {
       throw new Error(`'default' context cannot be used.`);
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index bb7bf09..2e7f0e1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3374,7 +3374,6 @@ __metadata:
     ts-jest: ^29.1.1
     ts-node: ^10.9.1
     typescript: ^5.2.2
-    uuid: ^10.0.0
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
@@ -7107,15 +7106,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"uuid@npm:^10.0.0":
-  version: 10.0.0
-  resolution: "uuid@npm:10.0.0"
-  bin:
-    uuid: dist/bin/uuid
-  checksum: 4b81611ade2885d2313ddd8dc865d93d8dccc13ddf901745edca8f86d99bc46d7a330d678e7532e7ebf93ce616679fb19b2e3568873ac0c14c999032acb25869
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "uuid@npm:^3.3.2, uuid@npm:^3.3.3":
   version: 3.4.0
   resolution: "uuid@npm:3.4.0"