diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index dd5a9712..231fe2cb 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11509,7 +11509,6 @@
       "version": "9.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-9.0.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-b+1eJOlsR9K8HJpow9Ok3fiWOWSIcIzXodvv0rQjVoOVNpWMpxf1wZNpt4y9h10odCNrqnYp1OBzRktckBe3sA==",
-      "dev": true,
       "funding": [
         "https://github.com/sponsors/broofa",
         "https://github.com/sponsors/ctavan"
@@ -12515,7 +12514,8 @@
       "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
       "dependencies": {
         "@uwdata/vgplot": "^0.4.0",
-        "apache-arrow": "^13.0.0"
+        "apache-arrow": "^13.0.0",
+        "uuid": "^9.0.1"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "anywidget": "^0.8.0"
diff --git a/packages/widget/package.json b/packages/widget/package.json
index 37c62cfe..5624dafa 100644
--- a/packages/widget/package.json
+++ b/packages/widget/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@uwdata/vgplot": "^0.4.0",
-    "apache-arrow": "^13.0.0"
+    "apache-arrow": "^13.0.0",
+    "uuid": "^9.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "anywidget": "^0.8.0"
diff --git a/packages/widget/src/index.js b/packages/widget/src/index.js
index db4cbd7f..62df1be0 100644
--- a/packages/widget/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/widget/src/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import { coordinator, namedPlots, parseSpec } from '@uwdata/vgplot';
 import * as arrow from 'apache-arrow';
 import './style.css';
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 
 /**
  * @typedef Model
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ export async function render(view) {
    * @param {(reason?: any) => void} reject the promise reject callback
    */
   function send(query, resolve, reject) {
-    const uuid = globalThis.crypto.randomUUID();
+    const uuid = uuidv4();
 
     openQueries.set(uuid, { query, startTime: performance.now(), resolve, reject });
     view.model.send({ ...query, uuid });