diff --git a/__tests__/actionUtils.test.ts b/__tests__/actionUtils.test.ts
index ea33ef2..1e92236 100644
--- a/__tests__/actionUtils.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/actionUtils.test.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@ import * as io from "@actions/io";
 import { promises as fs } from "fs";
 import * as os from "os";
 import * as path from "path";
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
 
 import { Events, Outputs, State } from "../src/constants";
 import { ArtifactCacheEntry } from "../src/contracts";
 import * as actionUtils from "../src/utils/actionUtils";
 
-import uuid = require("uuid");
-
 jest.mock("@actions/core");
 jest.mock("os");
 
@@ -226,7 +225,7 @@ test("resolvePaths with no ~ in path", async () => {
 });
 
 test("resolvePaths with ~ in path", async () => {
-    const cacheDir = uuid();
+    const cacheDir = uuidv4();
     const filePath = `~/${cacheDir}`;
     // Create the following layout:
     //   ~/uuid
diff --git a/src/utils/actionUtils.ts b/src/utils/actionUtils.ts
index 0c02013..16da640 100644
--- a/src/utils/actionUtils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/actionUtils.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import * as io from "@actions/io";
 import * as fs from "fs";
 import * as path from "path";
 import * as util from "util";
-import * as uuidV4 from "uuid/v4";
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
 
 import { Events, Outputs, State } from "../constants";
 import { ArtifactCacheEntry } from "../contracts";
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export async function createTempDirectory(): Promise<string> {
         tempDirectory = path.join(baseLocation, "actions", "temp");
     }
 
-    const dest = path.join(tempDirectory, uuidV4.default());
+    const dest = path.join(tempDirectory, uuidv4());
     await io.mkdirP(dest);
     return dest;
 }