diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 84de98e..6519220 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "amqplib": ">=0.10.0",
-        "lodash": "^4.17.23",
-        "race-until": "~2.3.1",
-        "uuid": "~8.3.2"
+        "race-until": "~2.3.1"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/amqplib": "^0.10.7",
@@ -21,7 +19,6 @@
         "@types/should": "^13.0.0",
         "@types/sinon": "~10.0.2",
         "@types/source-map-support": "~0.5.4",
-        "@types/uuid": "~8.3.1",
         "husky": "~7.0.1",
         "lint-staged": "~11.1.0",
         "mocha": "^11.7.5",
@@ -35,7 +32,7 @@
         "typescript": "4.3.5"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=10.0.0"
+        "node": ">=14.17.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@babel/code-frame": {
@@ -688,12 +685,6 @@
         "source-map": "^0.6.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/@types/uuid": {
-      "version": "8.3.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Y2mHTRAbqfFkpjldbkHGY8JIzRN6XqYRliG8/24FcHm2D2PwW24fl5xMRTVGdrb7iMrwCaIEbLWerGIkXuFWVg==",
-      "dev": true
-    },
     "node_modules/aggregate-error": {
       "version": "3.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/aggregate-error/-/aggregate-error-3.1.0.tgz",
@@ -1974,6 +1965,7 @@
       "version": "4.17.23",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.23.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-LgVTMpQtIopCi79SJeDiP0TfWi5CNEc/L/aRdTh3yIvmZXTnheWpKjSZhnvMl8iXbC1tFg9gdHHDMLoV7CnG+w==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/lodash.flattendeep": {
@@ -3570,14 +3562,6 @@
         "requires-port": "^1.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/uuid": {
-      "version": "8.3.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-+NYs2QeMWy+GWFOEm9xnn6HCDp0l7QBD7ml8zLUmJ+93Q5NF0NocErnwkTkXVFNiX3/fpC6afS8Dhb/gz7R7eg==",
-      "bin": {
-        "uuid": "dist/bin/uuid"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/which": {
       "version": "2.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/which/-/which-2.0.2.tgz",
@@ -4281,12 +4265,6 @@
         "source-map": "^0.6.0"
       }
     },
-    "@types/uuid": {
-      "version": "8.3.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Y2mHTRAbqfFkpjldbkHGY8JIzRN6XqYRliG8/24FcHm2D2PwW24fl5xMRTVGdrb7iMrwCaIEbLWerGIkXuFWVg==",
-      "dev": true
-    },
     "aggregate-error": {
       "version": "3.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/aggregate-error/-/aggregate-error-3.1.0.tgz",
@@ -5230,7 +5208,8 @@
     "lodash": {
       "version": "4.17.23",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.23.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-LgVTMpQtIopCi79SJeDiP0TfWi5CNEc/L/aRdTh3yIvmZXTnheWpKjSZhnvMl8iXbC1tFg9gdHHDMLoV7CnG+w=="
+      "integrity": "sha512-LgVTMpQtIopCi79SJeDiP0TfWi5CNEc/L/aRdTh3yIvmZXTnheWpKjSZhnvMl8iXbC1tFg9gdHHDMLoV7CnG+w==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "lodash.flattendeep": {
       "version": "4.4.0",
@@ -6416,11 +6395,6 @@
         "requires-port": "^1.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "uuid": {
-      "version": "8.3.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-+NYs2QeMWy+GWFOEm9xnn6HCDp0l7QBD7ml8zLUmJ+93Q5NF0NocErnwkTkXVFNiX3/fpC6afS8Dhb/gz7R7eg=="
-    },
     "which": {
       "version": "2.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/which/-/which-2.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1602f6b..054a4b9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,13 +50,11 @@
   "author": "Nikos Kostoulas <kostoulas@workable.com>",
   "license": "MIT",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=10.0.0"
+    "node": ">=14.17.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "amqplib": ">=0.10.0",
-    "lodash": "^4.17.23",
-    "race-until": "~2.3.1",
-    "uuid": "~8.3.2"
+    "race-until": "~2.3.1"
   },
   "typings": "js/index",
   "devDependencies": {
@@ -66,7 +64,6 @@
     "@types/should": "^13.0.0",
     "@types/sinon": "~10.0.2",
     "@types/source-map-support": "~0.5.4",
-    "@types/uuid": "~8.3.1",
     "husky": "~7.0.1",
     "lint-staged": "~11.1.0",
     "mocha": "^11.7.5",
diff --git a/ts/exchange.ts b/ts/exchange.ts
index 2f72724..3e1339b 100644
--- a/ts/exchange.ts
+++ b/ts/exchange.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Channel } from './channel';
 import { raceUntil } from 'race-until';
 import { getReply } from './reply-queue';
 import { encode } from './encode-decode';
-import * as uuid from 'uuid';
+import { randomUUID } from 'crypto';
 import getLogger from './logger';
 
 const logger = getLogger('rabbit-queue');
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export default {
 
   publish(channel: Channel, exchange: string, routingKey: string, content: any, properties: amqp.Options.Publish = {}) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      const correlationId = properties.correlationId || uuid.v4();
+      const correlationId = properties.correlationId || randomUUID();
       const bufferContent = encode(content, properties.contentType);
       const exchangeHeaders: amqp.Options.Publish = Object.assign({ correlationId }, this.defaultHeaders, properties);
       logger.debug(`[${correlationId}] -> Publishing to ${exchange} ${routingKey} ${bufferContent.byteLength} bytes`);
diff --git a/ts/queue.ts b/ts/queue.ts
index 770d672..4a6498f 100644
--- a/ts/queue.ts
+++ b/ts/queue.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as uuid from 'uuid';
+import { randomUUID } from 'crypto';
 import * as amqp from 'amqplib';
 import { Channel } from './channel';
 import { getReply } from './reply-queue';
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export default class Queue {
       await queue.created;
     }
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      const correlationId = properties.correlationId || uuid.v4();
+      const correlationId = properties.correlationId || randomUUID();
 
       properties = Object.assign({ persistent: true, correlationId }, properties);
       const bufferContent = encode(obj, properties.contentType);
diff --git a/ts/reply-queue.ts b/ts/reply-queue.ts
index c41c7ee..a85f7a4 100644
--- a/ts/reply-queue.ts
+++ b/ts/reply-queue.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Channel } from './channel';
 import * as amqp from 'amqplib';
 import * as assert from 'assert';
-import * as uuid from 'uuid';
+import { randomUUID } from 'crypto';
 import Queue from './queue';
 import { Readable } from 'stream';
 import { decode, encode } from './encode-decode';
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export function addHandler(correlationId, handler: (err: Error, body: string) =>
 
 export function getReply(content: any, properties: amqp.Options.Publish = {}, channel: Channel, cb: Function) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    var correlationId = properties.correlationId || uuid.v4();
+    var correlationId = properties.correlationId || randomUUID();
     properties = Object.assign(
       {
         persistent: false,