diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b4baca65a..69e147cb8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2204,9 +2204,9 @@ checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.12.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a183cf7feeba97b4dd1c0d46788634f6221d87fa961b305bed08c851829efcc0"
+checksum = "b3758f5e68192bb96cc8f9b7e2c2cfdabb435499a28499a42f8f984092adad4b"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
  "rand",
@@ -2215,9 +2215,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid-macro-internal"
-version = "1.12.0"
+version = "1.12.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "144b419c512fdd5eaa4c2998813e32aaab2b257746ee038de93985a99635501d"
+checksum = "f8a86d88347b61a0e17b9908a67efcc594130830bf1045653784358dd023e294"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/arch/Cargo.toml b/arch/Cargo.toml
index a0eefa8e0..1292c669b 100644
--- a/arch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/arch/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ linux-loader = { workspace = true, features = ["bzimage", "elf", "pe"] }
 log = "0.4.22"
 serde = { version = "1.0.208", features = ["derive", "rc"] }
 thiserror = "2.0.6"
-uuid = "1.8.0"
+uuid = "1.12.1"
 vm-memory = { workspace = true, features = ["backend-bitmap", "backend-mmap"] }
 vm-migration = { path = "../vm-migration" }
 vmm-sys-util = { workspace = true, features = ["with-serde"] }
diff --git a/block/Cargo.toml b/block/Cargo.toml
index 70826209a..2c96ce9d7 100644
--- a/block/Cargo.toml
+++ b/block/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ remain = "0.2.14"
 serde = { version = "1.0.208", features = ["derive"] }
 smallvec = "1.13.2"
 thiserror = "2.0.6"
-uuid = { version = "1.8.0", features = ["v4"] }
+uuid = { version = "1.12.1", features = ["v4"] }
 virtio-bindings = { workspace = true, features = ["virtio-v5_0_0"] }
 virtio-queue = { workspace = true }
 vm-memory = { workspace = true, features = [
diff --git a/vmm/Cargo.toml b/vmm/Cargo.toml
index 5c149e268..9dc9f97c0 100644
--- a/vmm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vmm/Cargo.toml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ serial_buffer = { path = "../serial_buffer" }
 signal-hook = "0.3.17"
 thiserror = "2.0.6"
 tracer = { path = "../tracer" }
-uuid = "1.8.0"
+uuid = "1.12.1"
 vfio-ioctls = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 vfio_user = { workspace = true }
 virtio-devices = { path = "../virtio-devices" }