diff --git a/serverless/lib/NameSearchProcessor.ts b/serverless/lib/NameSearchProcessor.ts
index 356da94..40972de 100644
--- a/serverless/lib/NameSearchProcessor.ts
+++ b/serverless/lib/NameSearchProcessor.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
+import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
 import { NameSearchResponse, NameSearchData } from '../../shared/types';
 import StorageClient from './StorageClient';
 import NameParser from './NameParser';
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export async function processNameSearchRequest(
     },
     userId: string
 ): Promise<NameSearchResponse> {
-    const searchId = uuidv4();
+    const searchId = randomUUID();
 
     let success = true;
     let error: string | undefined;
diff --git a/serverless/package-lock.json b/serverless/package-lock.json
index 84847c3..6a75bbb 100644
--- a/serverless/package-lock.json
+++ b/serverless/package-lock.json
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
                 "mammoth": "^1.11.0",
                 "pdf-parse": "^1.1.1",
                 "tough-cookie": "^5.1.2",
-                "uuid": "^9.0.0",
                 "xlsx": "https://cdn.sheetjs.com/xlsx-0.20.3/xlsx-0.20.3.tgz"
             },
             "devDependencies": {
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@
                 "@types/aws-lambda": "^8.10.147",
                 "@types/jest": "^29.5.14",
                 "@types/node": "^22.13.5",
-                "@types/uuid": "^10.0.0",
                 "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^8.29.0",
                 "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^8.29.0",
                 "eslint": "^9.24.0",
@@ -5392,13 +5390,6 @@
             "dev": true,
             "license": "MIT"
         },
-        "node_modules/@types/uuid": {
-            "version": "10.0.0",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/uuid/-/uuid-10.0.0.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-7gqG38EyHgyP1S+7+xomFtL+ZNHcKv6DwNaCZmJmo1vgMugyF3TCnXVg4t1uk89mLNwnLtnY3TpOpCOyp1/xHQ==",
-            "dev": true,
-            "license": "MIT"
-        },
         "node_modules/@types/yargs": {
             "version": "17.0.33",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/yargs/-/yargs-17.0.33.tgz",
@@ -12927,19 +12918,6 @@
             "integrity": "sha512-EPD5q1uXyFxJpCrLnCc1nHnq3gOa6DZBocAIiI2TaSCA7VCJ1UJDMagCzIkXNsUYfD1daK//LTEQ8xiIbrHtcw==",
             "license": "MIT"
         },
-        "node_modules/uuid": {
-            "version": "9.0.1",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-9.0.1.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-b+1eJOlsR9K8HJpow9Ok3fiWOWSIcIzXodvv0rQjVoOVNpWMpxf1wZNpt4y9h10odCNrqnYp1OBzRktckBe3sA==",
-            "funding": [
-                "https://github.com/sponsors/broofa",
-                "https://github.com/sponsors/ctavan"
-            ],
-            "license": "MIT",
-            "bin": {
-                "uuid": "dist/bin/uuid"
-            }
-        },
         "node_modules/v8-compile-cache-lib": {
             "version": "3.0.1",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/v8-compile-cache-lib/-/v8-compile-cache-lib-3.0.1.tgz",
diff --git a/serverless/package.json b/serverless/package.json
index 939c201..67bef1e 100644
--- a/serverless/package.json
+++ b/serverless/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
         "@types/aws-lambda": "^8.10.147",
         "@types/jest": "^29.5.14",
         "@types/node": "^22.13.5",
-        "@types/uuid": "^10.0.0",
         "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^8.29.0",
         "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^8.29.0",
         "eslint": "^9.24.0",
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@
         "pdf-parse": "^1.1.1",
         "jose": "^5.10.0",
         "tough-cookie": "^5.1.2",
-        "uuid": "^9.0.0",
         "xlsx": "https://cdn.sheetjs.com/xlsx-0.20.3/xlsx-0.20.3.tgz"
     },
     "scripts": {