diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3d990de4..b25d4e49 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http 0.2.9",
  "percent-encoding",
  "tracing",
- "uuid 1.7.0",
+ "uuid 1.8.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1909,7 +1909,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_bytes",
  "serde_json",
  "time",
- "uuid 1.7.0",
+ "uuid 1.8.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2814,7 +2814,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pq-sys",
  "r2d2",
  "time",
- "uuid 1.7.0",
+ "uuid 1.8.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2827,7 +2827,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "env_logger",
  "log",
  "serde",
- "uuid 1.7.0",
+ "uuid 1.8.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4543,7 +4543,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mysql 24.0.0",
  "r2d2",
  "r2d2_mysql",
- "uuid 1.7.0",
+ "uuid 1.8.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5147,7 +5147,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "trust-dns-proto",
  "trust-dns-resolver",
  "typed-builder",
- "uuid 1.7.0",
+ "uuid 1.8.0",
  "webpki-roots 0.25.4",
 ]
 
@@ -5179,7 +5179,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "log",
  "sanitize-filename",
- "uuid 1.7.0",
+ "uuid 1.8.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5299,7 +5299,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "subprocess",
  "thiserror",
  "time",
- "uuid 1.7.0",
+ "uuid 1.8.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6725,7 +6725,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rkyv_derive",
  "seahash",
  "tinyvec",
- "uuid 1.7.0",
+ "uuid 1.8.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7448,7 +7448,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "sparkpost",
  "time",
- "uuid 1.7.0",
+ "uuid 1.8.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8663,7 +8663,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-opentelemetry",
- "uuid 1.7.0",
+ "uuid 1.8.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8873,7 +8873,7 @@ version = "1.6.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "97fee6b57c6a41524a810daee9286c02d7752c4253064d0b05472833a438f675"
 dependencies = [
- "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "cfg-if 0.1.10",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "static_assertions",
 ]
@@ -9137,9 +9137,9 @@ checksum = "bc5cf98d8186244414c848017f0e2676b3fcb46807f6668a97dfe67359a3c4b7"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f00cc9702ca12d3c81455259621e676d0f7251cec66a21e98fe2e9a37db93b2a"
+checksum = "a183cf7feeba97b4dd1c0d46788634f6221d87fa961b305bed08c851829efcc0"
 dependencies = [
  "atomic",
  "getrandom 0.2.12",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0741578f..fa252ec2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -115,3 +115,4 @@ tokio-util = "0.7.4"
 tokio-stream = "0.1.1"
 tracing = "0.1.30"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter", "json"] }
+uuid = { version = "1.6", features = ["v4", "v7", "serde"] }
diff --git a/auth/simple-auth-server/Cargo.toml b/auth/simple-auth-server/Cargo.toml
index f14d76cf..1edf6e1d 100644
--- a/auth/simple-auth-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/auth/simple-auth-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ serde_json.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 sparkpost = "0.5"
 time = "0.3"
-uuid = { version = "1", features = ["v4", "serde"] }
+uuid.workspace = true
diff --git a/auth/simple-auth-server/src/register_handler.rs b/auth/simple-auth-server/src/register_handler.rs
index bdcceae6..837211bd 100644
--- a/auth/simple-auth-server/src/register_handler.rs
+++ b/auth/simple-auth-server/src/register_handler.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use actix_web::{web, HttpResponse};
 use diesel::prelude::*;
 use serde::Deserialize;
+use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use crate::{
     errors::ServiceError,
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ fn query(
 
     let mut conn = pool.get().unwrap();
 
-    let invitation_id = uuid::Uuid::parse_str(&invitation_id)?;
+    let invitation_id = invitation_id.parse::<Uuid>()?;
 
     invitations
         .filter(id.eq(invitation_id))
diff --git a/databases/diesel/Cargo.toml b/databases/diesel/Cargo.toml
index eaaa681d..d9238400 100644
--- a/databases/diesel/Cargo.toml
+++ b/databases/diesel/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 actix-web.workspace = true
-diesel = { version = "2", features = ["sqlite", "r2d2"] }
+diesel = { version = "2", features = ["sqlite", "r2d2", "uuid"] }
 dotenvy.workspace = true
 env_logger.workspace = true
 log.workspace = true
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
-uuid = { version = "1", features = ["v4", "serde"] }
+uuid.workspace = true
diff --git a/forms/multipart/Cargo.toml b/forms/multipart/Cargo.toml
index 3eb092c6..e5d37882 100644
--- a/forms/multipart/Cargo.toml
+++ b/forms/multipart/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ env_logger.workspace = true
 futures-util.workspace = true
 log.workspace = true
 sanitize-filename = "0.5"
-uuid = { version = "1", features = ["v4"] }
+uuid.workspace = true
diff --git a/graphql/juniper-advanced/Cargo.toml b/graphql/juniper-advanced/Cargo.toml
index 7b4e55bb..e24588bd 100644
--- a/graphql/juniper-advanced/Cargo.toml
+++ b/graphql/juniper-advanced/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ r2d2_mysql = "24"
 dotenvy.workspace = true
 env_logger.workspace = true
 log.workspace = true
-uuid = { version = "1", features = ["v4", "serde"] }
+uuid.workspace = true