diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c12b310..b9dae89 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2425,9 +2425,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.3.4"
+version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0fa2982af2eec27de306107c027578ff7f423d65f7250e40ce0fea8f45248b81"
+checksum = "d023da39d1fde5a8a3fe1f3e01ca9632ada0a63e9797de55a879d6e2236277be"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
 ]
diff --git a/examples/test-api/Cargo.toml b/examples/test-api/Cargo.toml
index d602d6f..35490c2 100644
--- a/examples/test-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/test-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ rand = "0.8.5"
 rocket = {version = "0.5.0-rc.3", features = ["json"]}
 serde = {version = "1.0.164", features = ["derive"]}
 serde_json = "1.0.99"
-uuid = {version = "1.3.4", features = ["v4"]}
+uuid = {version = "1.4.0", features = ["v4"]}